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Murder of the Maharajah
Ljudbok, 2007
328 kr
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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, …
Perfect Murder: The First Inspector Ghote Mystery
Häftad, 2011
152 kr
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Introducing Bombay CID's most dogged, dutiful officer, and one of the greatest, most engaging creations in all detective fiction, H.R.F. Keating's The Perfect Murder: The First Inspector Ghote Mystery includes a preface by Alexander McCall Smith, author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, in …
Inspector Ghote Trusts the Heart
E-bok, 2011
102 kr
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Some crooks have tried to snatch the plump son of a business tycoon, and have accidentally made off with his playmate instead. But they're not changing their plan: a payment is to be delivered to them or a small corpse is to be delivered to Inspector Ghote.But what kind of ransom can a mere …
Under a Monsoon Cloud: An Inspector Ghote Mystery
E-bok, 2011
102 kr
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What had until recently been a police sergeant is now lying at Ghote's feet bleeding its last. An accident it may have been, but Ghote saw exactly what happened, and it's his duty to arrest the killer. Isn't it? Or can the inspector better serve his beloved police force by disposing of the body, by …
Perfect Murder: The First Inspector Ghote Mystery
E-bok, 2011
100 kr
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In the house of Lala Varde, a vast man of even greater influence, an attack has taken place. Varde's secretary, Mr Perfect, has been struck on his invaluable business head. And try as Inspector Ghote might to remain conscientious and methodical, his investigation is beset on all sides by cunning, …
Inspector Ghote Breaks an Egg
E-bok, 2011
102 kr
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In a small, provincial town in the heart of India, a politician's wife has done her husband's career a great service, by dying under suspicious circumstances. That the corpse and the trail have been cold for fifteen years hasn't saved Inspector Ghote of the Bombay CID from being sent to …
Writing Crime Fiction
Häftad, 1994
371 kr
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This guide to writing crime fiction is based on the author's analysis of the craft from the classic detective story of the 1920s and 30s up to the female private eye novels of the 1990s. It features tips on fictional structure, the plot and its characters, and on submitting a script to publishers.
Bad Detective
Häftad, 2013
235 kr
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Jack Stallworthy is a bad detective just on the right side of corrupt. But now he's turning criminal...Detective Sergeant Jack Stallworthy has been accepting backhanders for most of his career. And why not? He's spent thirty years putting villains behind bars, surely he's entitled to a little …
Remarkable Case of Burglary
Häftad, 2012
219 kr
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First published in 1975, A Remarkable Case of Burglary tells of Val Leary, who is handsome, charming and broke. On the morning of April Fools' Day 1871, while walking through one of London's wealthiest districts, he notices a young maidservant scrubbing the steps of 53 Northbourne Park Villas. In …
Is Skin Deep, Is Fatal
Häftad, 2013
235 kr
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In the rough, tough world where predatory young beauty queens compete fiercely for money, a murder is committed. Police Constable Peter Lassington is soon enmeshed in a complicated mystery - a mystery made more than usually exotic by the acreage of young feminine flesh that is continuously on show …
Long Walk to Wimbledon
Häftad, 2012
219 kr
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First published in 1978, this is a London where the worst has happened. There have been riots, huge uncontrolled fires, outbreaks of savage looting, artillery battles, mass flights. The great city lies three parts deserted, open to marauding gangs and beast-wild individuals, its highways and …
Death and the Visiting Firemen
Häftad, 2012
251 kr
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A delegation of visiting firemen arrives at Southampton, greeted by a stagecoach which carries a reception committee in early 19th century costume. This Old English greeting has been arranged between their president, Foster P. Schelemberger, and George Hamyadis, the flamboyant travel agent who is …
Bad Detective
E-bok, 2011
197 kr
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Jack Stallworthy is a bad detective just on the right side of corrupt. But now he''s turning criminal... Detective Sergeant Jack Stallworthy has been accepting backhanders for most of his career. And why not? He''s spent thirty years putting villains behind bars, surely he''s entitled to a little …
Remarkable Case of Burglary
E-bok, 2011
183 kr
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First published in 1975, A Remarkable Case of Burglary tells the tale of Val Leary, handsome, charming and broke. On the morning of April Fools'' Day, while walking through one of London''s wealthiest districts, he notices a young maidservant scrubbing the steps of 53 Northbourne Park Villas. In …
Is Skin Deep, Is Fatal
E-bok, 2011
197 kr
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In the dark world where predatory young beauty queens compete fiercely for money, a murder is committed. Police Constable Peter Lassington is soon enmeshed in a complicated mystery made more than usually exotic by the flesh that is continuously on show at the Star Bowl ballroom. Lassington''s …
Long Walk to Wimbledon
E-bok, 2011
183 kr
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First published in 1978, this is a London where the worst has happened. There have been riots, huge uncontrolled fires, outbreaks of savage looting, artillery battles, mass flights. The great city lies three parts deserted, open to marauding gangs and beast-wild individuals, its highways and …
Murder Must Appetize
E-bok, 2011
86 kr
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A monograph of Golden Age detective fiction from H.R.F. Keating, doyen of classic detective writers.Murder Must Appetize is an affectionate return to the halcyon days of the detective story when Hercule Poirot and Lord Peter Wimsey were young and a touch of arsenic was still the ultimate deterrent. …
Zen there was Murder
E-bok, 2011
88 kr
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In a country mansion converted to adult educational courses, Mr Utamaro is lecturing on Zen Buddhism to a small and not entirely appreciative audience. But Zen questions and their seemingly quirkish answers predominate, until they are superseded by two of greater urgency: ''Who stole the …
Death and the Visiting Firemen
E-bok, 2011
211 kr
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A delegation of visiting firemen arrives at Southampton, greeted by a stagecoach which carries a reception committee in early 19th century costume. This Old English greeting has been arranged between their president, Foster P. Schelemberger, and George Hamyadis, the flamboyant travel agent who is …
Soft Detective
E-bok, 2011
88 kr
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DCI Phil Benholme has the reputation for being soft because he tries to see both sides of every story. When Professor Unwala, Nobel Prize winner of 1945, is found dead, Benholme must find the right questions to ask. Was it a tragic accident? Was he a victim of a violent burglary? Or of a racist …
Strong Man
E-bok, 2011
88 kr
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An independent island state in the North Atlantic has fallen under the sway of Rolph Mylchraine, a landowner who has gained ascendancy by stage-managing witchcraft orgies and purveying cheap liquor. Opposing him is Keig, a peasant of extraordinary physical strength, resulting in a guerrilla war. In …
The Soft Detective
Häftad, 2030
272 kr
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It's not often a Nobel Prize winner gets murdered...on your patch...very likely by a member of your own family. DCI Phil Benholme has the reputation for being a little soft because he tries to see both sides of every story. And if he hadn't on this occasion, the murder of Professor Unwala - Nobel …
The Strong Man
Häftad, 2030
272 kr
Kommande
An independent island state in the North Atlantic has fallen under the sway of Rolph Mylchraine, a landowner who has gained ascendancy by stage-managing witchcraft orgies and purveying cheap liquor. Opposing him is Keig, a peasant of extraordinary physical strength who gradually emerges leader on …
Dog It Was That Died
E-bok, 2011
88 kr
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This dazzling off-beat thriller is H.R.F Keating's fourth novel, published in 1962. Why is Roger Farrar, if that indeed was his name, on the run in Dublin? Is he a traitor and deserted? The innocent target of a kidnap plot? Or a lonely persecuted paranoiac? A classic tale edged with doubt and …
Underside
E-bok, 2011
211 kr
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This novel, set in Victorian London in its heyday, presents a picture, both horrific and authentic, of the ''underside'' of life in the first city of the world. It tells of Godfrey Mann, a young painter, who has access to the golden world of privilege and yet is possessed by a compelling sexual …
Underside
Häftad, 2013
251 kr
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This novel, set in Victorian London in its heyday, presents a picture, both horrific and authentic, of the 'underside' of life in the first city of the world. It tells of Godfrey Mann, a young painter, who has access to the golden world of privilege and yet is possessed by a compelling sexual drive …
Perfect Murder
Ljudbok, 2007
272 kr
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It is Inspector Ghote''s bad luck to be landed with the case of the perfect murder at the start of his career with the Bombay Police. As if it were not enough to have to contend with the cunning and important tycoon Lala Varde, Ghote finds himself investigating a mysterious theft of a single rupee …
Murder of the Maharajah & The Governess
Two Full-Cast BBC Radio Crime Dramatisations
Ljudbok, 2024
188 kr
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BBC Radio adaptations of two historical crime novels by H. R. F. Keating, plus bonus extract from Bookshelf British detective writer H. R. F. Keating was best known as the creator of Inspector Ghote of the Mumbai CID. He won two Crime Writers’ Association Gold Daggers, and in 1996 was awarded the …
Inspector Ghote geht nach Bollywood
Kriminalroman. Ein Inspector-Ghote-Krimi (4)
E-bok, 2022
102 kr
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Ein filmreif in Szene gesetzter Mord erschüttert die berühmten Bollywood-Filmstudios von Bombay. Für einmal ist der Mord nämlich echt und endet äußerst tödlich. Das prominente Opfer: Indiens gefeierter Leinwandschurke Dhartiraj, ein Superstar. Detective Inspector Ghote sieht endlich seine Chance …
Inspector Ghote hört auf sein Herz
Kriminalroman. Ein Inspector-Ghote-Krimi (3)
E-bok, 2022
102 kr
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Kindesentführung in Bombay. »Keine Polizei!«, fordern die Erpresser. Aber weil Detective Inspector Ghote so unauffällig und gar nicht wie ein Polizeibeamter aussieht, wird er in die elegante Penthousewohnung des reichen Fabrikanten Manibhai Desai geschickt, um dabeizusein, wenn die Kidnapper …
