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Shadow of the Serpent

An Inspector McLevy Mystery 1

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Shadow of the Serpent

By: David Ashton
Narrated by: David Ashton
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London had Sherlock Holmes. The dark alleys of Edinburgh had Inspector McLevy.

Known 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 - the first in a series - set in dark, violent Victorian Edinburgh.

Edinburgh, 1880. 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 30 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.

©2016 David Ashton (P)2016 Hodder & Stoughton Crime Fiction Historical Mystery Fiction Crime Exciting Scotland
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David Ashton gives a marvellous performance here, but I could not listen all the way through as the recording captures too much "mouth noise". I wonder if there is someway to rectify this?

Great performance spoiled by poor record recording

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