Shadow of the Serpent: An Inspector McLevy Mystery - Brossura

David Ashton

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ISBN 10: 1846970083 ISBN 13: 9781846970085

Casa editrice: Polygon, 2007

Riassunto

Election fever is gripping the city, yet Inspector James McLevy watches the electoral frenzy with a jaundiced eye. He believes in justice, and justice and politics rarely go hand in hand. A series of unsavoury events begins to unfold; a prostitute is murdered, her rib-cage split open with a single blow, bringing back unpleasant memories of a similar series of murders thirty years previously. Dangerously compelled to pursue the killer, McLevy becomes embroiled in the dark underbelly of Victorian Edinburgh. Why would a leading political figure become embroiled in sex scandal and murder? Where has McLevy's mysterious female informant come from? And who exactly is the dark figure of the Serpent...? A tale of politics, perversion, deception and mystery, "Shadow of the Serpent" leads the reader down a tangled Victorian labyrinth of Edinburgh wynds and will thrill contemporary nerve-ends.

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Recensione

David Ashton s writing is excellent, his characters thoroughly convincing, and his narrative grabs you - I was going to say, by the throat - and doesn t let you go. --The Sherlock Holmes Society of London

McLevy is a sort of Victorian Morse with a heart, prowling the mean wynds and tenements of the endless fascinating city. David 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. --The Financial Times

'Dripping with melodrama and derring-do' --The Herald

L'autore

David Ashton was born in Greenock in 1941. He studied at Central Drama School, London, from 1964 to 1967. 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 four McLevy series of for BBC Radio 4. A 90-minute film of McLevy has been commissioned by STV.

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• Editore: Polygon
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1846970083
• ISBN 13: 9781846970085
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 240