B. B. Dandekar – författare

Joshua Samuelson, an Indian and 18 years old, meets with Laura on a deserted beach 20 miles south of Durban. She will not marry him but leaves him with a parting gift which is to haunt him forever. Now, 15 years later, a lecherous bachelor and a doctor in Hampstead, Joshua is being tracked by Slagter, the South African hit-man for information he does not possess. Farnsworth, Head of the South African desk of MI-6, assigns Julia, granddaughter of the eleventh Earl of Bromfield, to protect Joshuaand find out why Saul, Laura's husband, should have sent a RED ALERT to Pretoria, before his body is found in an abandoned building in Clapham. It is a novel with many finely etched, memorable characters likeJomo, Joshua's good friend and Saul's 'gay' lover, who is the gentlest man Joshua has ever known. Boko, Jomo's brother, uncompromising member of the ANC, exiled to live in Englandand prone to violence. And Ewa, their beautiful sister, more powerless than them all. Clayborne, who shares his medical practice with Joshuaand his nights with Saul. La Reine, the French stripper at the Coq D'Or, who has a simple goal that befits a simple woman. Joe, Joshua's brother, who, like Joshua, spends his evenings trying to pick up Au Pair girls at the pub. Lysa, the sensuous, Italian waitress, who comes to the pub looking for Joshuaand finds Joe instead. Shari, Saul's Israeli assistant, who helps to run his novelty shop in South Kensingtonand a lot more. Donaldson, Julia's back-up, who loves to talk to her on the telephonebut will not meet her. And the eleventh Earl of BromfieldThe novel, with nerve-tingling suspense, binds the characters in a plot replete with surprising twists. Yet it transcends the ordinary class of the genre, because it probes deeper into the human heartand then rips out what it finds there with an almost brutal candor. It is a literary novel that explores, with brilliance, the roots of racial tensionsnot only in South Africa, but in England as well.

Of Royalty and Commoners: This Romance novel is the third novel in the trilogy of novels, and a sequel to Rampaging Lovers and The Thar Articles In this novel, Joshua and Julia, now married 25 years, live in Hampstead, in London, where General Sir Joshua Samuelson is the Military Attache to the Indian High Commission. They have four grown-up children-Lord David, Lady Sarah, Lady Ruth and Lady Susan. David, the future twelfth Earl of Bromfield, is in love with his cousin Rachel, a commoner. Sarah freely confesses to lacking the courage to fall in love-that is until their dear 'Elizabeth Aunty' decides to play matchmaker. Ruth is a world-class, long-distance runner in the mile; fiercely independent, she will protect her family-at all costs. Susan, the baby of the family, has no thoughts of marriage-but Lord Albert, Earl of Rathbone has other ideas. This is their story! This is their story. If you enjoy Jane Austen or Louisa May Alcott, you will love this novel! The novels have also been published in Danish. Very good Reviews have appeared in DBC, and some excerpts from the Reviews by Steffen Gordon Nielsen for DBC are given below: Rampaging Lovers: "Classical spy novel that can be read by everybody.It is almost as if watching a spy novel from the 80's.Generally well-written classical spy novel which ought to be of interest to all major libraries." The Thar Articles: ".Well-written spy novel wonderfully free from cell phones and Internet. It is easily read and written in fine language.The novel is comparable to Deighton's, Ludlum's, and Le Carre's books, spiced up with a slight sprinkle of Ian Fleming." Steffen Gordon Nielsen DBC (Lektorudtalelse fra bibliotekerne) Review for Libraries.