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On the day he retires, Inspector Ashwin Chopra inherits two unexpected mysteries.
The first is the case of a drowned boy, whose suspicious death no one seems to want solved. And the second is a baby elephant.
As his search for clues takes him across the teeming city of Mumbai, from its grand high rises to its sprawling slums and deep into its murky underworld, Chopra begins to suspect that there may be a great deal more to both his last case and his new ward than he thought.
And he soon learns that when the going gets tough, a determined elephant may be exactly what an honest man needs. . .
A Baby Ganesh Agency Investigation
The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra
The Perplexing Theft of the Jewel in the Crown
The Strange Disappearance of a Bollywood Star
Murder at the Grand Raj Palace
Bad Day at the Vulture Club
On the day he retires, Inspector Ashwin Chopra inherits two unexpected mysteries.
The first is the case of a drowned boy, whose suspicious death no one seems to want solved. And the second is a baby elephant.
As his search for clues takes him across the teeming city of Mumbai, from its grand high rises to its sprawling slums and deep into its murky underworld, Chopra begins to suspect that there may be a great deal more to both his last case and his new ward than he thought.
And he soon learns that when the going gets tough, a determined elephant may be exactly what an honest man needs. . .
A Baby Ganesh Agency Investigation
The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra
The Perplexing Theft of the Jewel in the Crown
The Strange Disappearance of a Bollywood Star
Murder at the Grand Raj Palace
Bad Day at the Vulture Club
Vaseem Khan first saw an elephant lumbering down the middle of the road in 1997 when he arrived in India to work as a consultant. It was the most unusual thing he'd ever encountered and served as the inspiration behind his series of crime novels.
He returned to the UK in 2006 and now works at University College London for the Department of Security and Crime Science where he is astonished daily by the way modern science is being employed to tackle crime.
"A fantastic and heartwarming read... I can't wait to see what
happens next!"--First for Women
"A winning debut...Khan's affection for Mumbai and its residents
adds to the novel's charm."--Publishers Weekly
"An enchanting start to a new series."--Woman & Home
"An entertaining feel-good read in the tradition of Alexander
McCall Smith.... Utterly charming."--Guardian
"Debut Mumbai-based 'cosy' - complete with baby elephant - keeps
things heart-warming while tackling corruption at the highest
levels and violent crime at the lowest. Endearing and gripping, it
sets up Inspector Chopra - and the elephant - for a long
series."--Sunday Times
"Smoothly combines an affable lead, a seemingly impossible crime,
and an endearing and highly unusual sidekick-a baby elephant named
Ganesha.... Fans of Alexander McCall Smith will find a lot to
like."--p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px
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none}Publishers Weekly on The Perplexing Theft of the Jewel in the
Crown
"The deep love for Mumbai and its people - warts and all - that
Inspector Chopra shares with his creator infuses the novel from the
beginning. The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra is
certainly a delightful and uplifting crime caper, but it also comes
with an edifying dose of serious social comment, with many of
Chopra's preoccupations mirroring those of his creator."--The
Bookseller
"Thought-provoking mystery... promising debut."--Booklist
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