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      Shadow of the Serpent

      by David Ashton
      Published
      May 2011
      Main Genre
      Historical Historical
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      Series
      An Inspector McLevy Mystery Book 1

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      ...WHILE THE STREETS OF LONDON HAD SHERLOCK HOLMES, THE DARK ALLEYS OF EDINBURGH HAD INSPECTOR JAMES McLEVY| 'ASHTON IS THE DIRECT HEIR TO ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON' actor Brian Cox | 'EXCELLENT' The Sherlock Holmes Society | 'DRIPPING WITH MELODRAMA AND DERRING-DO' Herald ELEGANT AND CONVINCING' The Times

      1880, Edinburgh.
      Election fever grips the city. But while the rich and educated argue about politics, in the dank wynds of the docks it's a struggle just to stay alive. When a prostitute is brutally murdered, disturbing memories from thirty years ago are stirred in Inspector McLevy who is soon lured into a murky world of politics, perversion and deception - and the shadow of the serpent.

      BASED ON THE LONG-RUNNING BBC RADIO 4 McLEVY DRAMA SERIES

      THE INSPECTOR MCLEVY SERIES
      1 - Shadow of the Serpent
      2 - Fall from Grace
      3 - A Trick of the Light
      4 - Nor Will He Sleep

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      General Fiction

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      Historical

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