David Ashton 
Shadow of the Serpent [EPUB ebook] 
An Inspector McLevy Mystery 1

…WHILE THE STREETS OF LONDON HAD SHERLOCK HOLMES, THE DARK ALLEYS OF EDINBURGH HAD INSPECTOR JAMES Mc LEVY| ‘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 Mc Levy 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 Mc LEVY DRAMA SERIESTHE INSPECTOR MCLEVY SERIES1 — Shadow of the Serpent2 — Fall from Grace3 — A Trick of the Light4 — Nor Will He Sleep