The Murder of the Maharajah
By H. R. F. Keating
Read by Frederick Davidson
The Inspector Ghote Mysteries: Book 12
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ISBN: 9781482111408
In the princely state of Bhopore, India, 1930, a handful of Western visitors comes to the opulent Summer Palace to meet the outrageous Maharajah and his entourage. There they meet the Maharajah’s heir, the sensual Porgy, and his English chorus-girl mistress. They meet the enigmatic chief minister, and the aloof British Resident, with his dignified little nine-year-old son. And before long, they also meet sudden death. Various people in the palace become suspects, and an imperturbable district superintendent of police is called in. But who will he find guilty of the murder of the Maharajah?
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Winner of the CWA Gold Dagger in 1980
In the princely state of Bhopore, India, 1930, a handful of Western visitors comes to the opulent Summer Palace to meet the outrageous Maharajah and his entourage. There they meet the Maharajah’s heir, the sensual Porgy, and his English chorus-girl mistress. They meet the enigmatic chief minister, and the aloof British Resident, with his dignified little nine-year-old son. And before long, they also meet sudden death.
Various people in the palace become suspects, and an imperturbable district superintendent of police is called in. But who will he find guilty of the murder of the Maharajah?
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Author Bio: H. R. F. Keating
H. R. F. Keating (1926–2011) wrote numerous novels as well as plays and nonfiction but is perhaps most famous for the Inspector Ghote series set in India, the first of which, The Perfect Murder, won a Crime Writers’ Association Gold Dagger Award and was made into a film by Merchant & Ivory. H. R. F. Keating was the crime books’ reviewer for the Times for fifteen years. He served as chairman of the Crime Writers’ Association and the Society of Authors and in 1987 was elected president of the Detection Club. He was married to the actress Sheila Mitchell, had three sons and one daughter, and lived in London.
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| Available Formats : | Digital Download, Digital Rental |
| Category: | Fiction/Mystery & Detective |
| Runtime: | 10.25 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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