### 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
Shadow of the serpent: an Inspector McLevy mystery
โ Scribed by David Ashton
- Publisher
- Birlinn
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 232 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0857900323
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โฆ Synopsis
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 TimesKnown 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.
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