The Shadow of the Serpent: An Inspector McLevy Mystery (Inspector Mclevy Mysteries) - Softcover

Ashton, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1846971934 ISBN 13: 9781846971938

Verlag: Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

Rare Book

Über diesen Titel

Críticas

'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 the cold in your bones and the menace of the Old Town s steep cobbles and dark corners' FINANCIAL TIMES

Reseña del editor

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.

Über diese Auflage

• Verlag: Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1846971934
• ISBN 13: 9781846971938
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 240