Shadow of the Serpent (Inspector McLevy 1) (Inspector McLevy Mystery): An Inspector McLevy Mystery (Inspector Mclevy Mysteries) - Softcover

David Ashton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1846971934 ISBN 13: 9781846971938

Publisher: Polygon: An Imprint of Birlinn Limited, 2014

Synopsis

The first in the McLevy series, this is wonderfully evocative detective fiction, based in dark, violent, Victorian Edinburgh. It's 1880 and the city is gripped by election fever. But while the rich and educated argue about politics, in the dank wynds of the city it's a struggle just to stay alive, especially when a murderous madman seems to have resurfaced after 30 years. McLevy is lured into a world of politics, perversion, deception and mystery and into the shadow of the serpent.

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Review:

'David Ashton's writing is excellent, his characters thoroughly convincing, and his narrative grabs you ... and doesn't let you go' --The Sherlock Holmes Society of London

'McLevy is a sort of Victorian Morse with a heart ... Ashton impeccably evokes Edinburgh so vividly that you can feel the cold in your bones and the menace of the Old Town s steep cobbles and dark corners' --Financial Times

'McLevy is a sort of Victorian Morse with a heart ... Ashton impeccably evokes Edinburgh so vividly that you can feel the cold in your bones and the menace of the Old Town s steep cobbles and dark corners' --Financial Times

'McLevy is a sort of Victorian Morse with a heart ... Ashton impeccably evokes Edinburgh so vividly that you can feel the cold in your bones and the menace of the Old Town s steep cobbles and dark corners' --Financial Times

'McLevy is a sort of Victorian Morse with a heart ... Ashton impeccably evokes Edinburgh so vividly that you can feel the cold in your bones and the menace of the Old Town s steep cobbles and dark corners' --Financial Times

Book Description:

Known as the father of forensics and a likely influence on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, real-life police inspector James McLevy is here reinvented by David Ashton in a thrilling mystery - the first in a series - set in dark, violent Victorian Edinburgh.

About this edition

• Publisher: Polygon: An Imprint of Birlinn Limited
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1846971934
• ISBN 13: 9781846971938
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240