Shadow of the Serpent [electronic resource] : Inspector McLevy Mystery Series, Book 1
Ashton, David2011
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McLevy is one of the great psychological creations and Ashton is the direct heir to Robert Louis Stevenson' - Brian Cox, star of the BBC Radio 4 McLevy play '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 'An intriguing Victorian detective story . . . elegant and convincing' - The Times 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, Shadow of the Serpent. 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 McLevy who is soon lured into a murky world of politics, perversion and deception - and the shadow of the serpent.
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Author:
Ashton, David, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Birlinn, 2011
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Series:
Inspector McLevy Mystery
Biography/History:
David Ashton was born in Greenock in 1941. He studied at Central Drama School, London, from 1964 to 1967, and most recently appeared in The Last King of Scotland. David started writing in 1984 and he has seen many of his plays and TV adaptations broadcast—he wrote early episodes of EastEnders and Casualty, and six McLevy series for BBC Radio 4.
ISBN:
9780857900326
Language:
English
BRN:
2308426