Ragtime in Simla |
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Author:
| Cleverly, Barbara |
Series title: | Detective Joe Sandilands Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-7867-1246-5 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2003 |
Publisher: | Avalon Publishing
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Imprint: | Westview Press |
Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $24.00 |
Book Description:
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World War I hero and Scotland Yard detective Joe Sandilands is traveling to Simla, summer capital of the British Raj, when he is thrust abruptly--and bloodily--into his second case of serial murder: His traveling companion, a Russian opera singer, is shot dead at his side in the Governor of Bengal’s touring car at a crossroads known as Devil’s Elbow. Like Cleverly’s award-winning and enthusiastically reviewed The Last Kashmiri Rose, which debuted Sandilands,...
More DescriptionWorld War I hero and Scotland Yard detective Joe Sandilands is traveling to Simla, summer capital of the British Raj, when he is thrust abruptly--and bloodily--into his second case of serial murder: His traveling companion, a Russian opera singer, is shot dead at his side in the Governor of Bengal’s touring car at a crossroads known as Devil’s Elbow. Like Cleverly’s award-winning and enthusiastically reviewed The Last Kashmiri Rose, which debuted Sandilands, Ragtime in Simla effectively combines exotic settings with high suspense in a deftly plotted tale of 1920s India. At Simla, in the pine-scented Himalayan hills, the English colonials have re-created a bit of home with half-timbered houses, glittering dinner tables, amateur theatricals, and gymkhanas. But when Joe’s murder investigation turns up an identical unsolved killing a year earlier, he begins to uncover behind the close-knit community’s sparkling facade a sinister trail of blackmail, vice, and deadly secrets.