# Shadow of the Serpent

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- Book: [Shadow of the Serpent](https://www.bookquiver.com/david-ashton/shadow-of-the-serpent) ([Shadow of the Serpent.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/david-ashton/shadow-of-the-serpent.md))
- Authors: [David Ashton](https://www.bookquiver.com/david-ashton)
- Publisher: john_murray
- ISBN: 978-14-7363-100-7
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2016-05-05
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

... 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