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pinkyvicki's review
3.0
This was a good book, but I did struggle with it at times and had to keep pushing myself on. I'm glad i did as there was a nice twist at the end.
graculus's review
3.0
The first in a series of books set in Victorian Scotland, this book introduces Inspector McLevy, a down-to-earth detective who's not above beating a confession out of someone if he thinks it's deserved.
In Shadow of the Serpent, however, things get a little silly as what initially starts out as a Jack the Ripper style serial killing case suddenly involves an individual called The Serpent who is part of a secret society determined to keep the hands of the upper classes cleaner than clean. It doesn't help that one William Gladstone, then prime minister, is one of the suspects in a string of murders involving prostitutes.
Frankly, I could have done with something a little less conspiracy-driven, though I have to admit that the author does a good job despite that of driving on the plot and maintaining a suitable atmosphere for the time. The series continues in [b:Fall From Grace|3355461|Fall from Grace An Inspector McLevy Mystery|David Ashton|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51jOU9FGrGL._SL75_.jpg|3394595] and I expect I shall pick that up at some point...
In Shadow of the Serpent, however, things get a little silly as what initially starts out as a Jack the Ripper style serial killing case suddenly involves an individual called The Serpent who is part of a secret society determined to keep the hands of the upper classes cleaner than clean. It doesn't help that one William Gladstone, then prime minister, is one of the suspects in a string of murders involving prostitutes.
Frankly, I could have done with something a little less conspiracy-driven, though I have to admit that the author does a good job despite that of driving on the plot and maintaining a suitable atmosphere for the time. The series continues in [b:Fall From Grace|3355461|Fall from Grace An Inspector McLevy Mystery|David Ashton|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51jOU9FGrGL._SL75_.jpg|3394595] and I expect I shall pick that up at some point...
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