Shadow of the Serpent

...WHILE THE STREETS OF LONDON HAD SHERLOCK HOLMES, THE DARK ALLEYS OF EDINBURGH HAD INSPECTOR JAMES McLEVY| ''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 McLevy 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 McLEVY DRAMA SERIES

THE INSPECTOR MCLEVY SERIES
1 - Shadow of the Serpent
2 - Fall from Grace
3 - A Trick of the Light
4 - Nor Will He Sleep