. 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. Language: English