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Book Synopsis Inspector Ghote's First Case by : H. R. F. Keating
Download or read book Inspector Ghote's First Case written by H. R. F. Keating and published by Severn House Publishers Ltd. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Newly-promoted Inspector Ghote, 'one of the great creations of detective fiction' (Alexander McCall Smith), investigates the curious case of the suicide of a woman who had no reason to take her own life in this classic mystery - with a brand-new introduction by bestselling author Vaseem Khan. Assistant Inspector Ganesh Ghote of the Bombay police force is overwhelmed with joy to receive the news that he has finally achieved his life's ambition: he is to be promoted to the rank of Inspector. His heavily pregnant wife, Protima, is delighted . . . but also preoccupied with their upcoming evening plans: he has promised to take her to see a showing of Hamlet, her favourite play, at the cinema. An unexpected knock at the door, however, means Protima is doomed to disappointment. Sir Rustom Engineer - the retired Indian Commissioner of the Bombay police - has personally summoned Ghote, to investigate the suicide of his friend's wife. Reluctant to leave Protima, but short on options, Ghote travels to distant Mahabaleshwar. But instead of easy answers, the dogged inspector finds, to his dismay, a knot of dark secrets he worries he can never untangle . . .
Book Synopsis Inspector Ghote's First Case by : H. R. F. Keating
Download or read book Inspector Ghote's First Case written by H. R. F. Keating and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-08-18 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Newly-promoted Inspector Ghote is thrilled to be granted casual leave until he takes up his post, as it allows him to spend time with his pregnant wife, who is desperate to watch a showing of Hamlet at the cinema. Their plans are ruined, however, since Sir Rustom Engineer requires Ghote to investigate the suicide of his friend's wife. Worried about his wife's imminent delivery, Ghote nevertheless travels to the home of Mr. Dawkins, where he is unconvinced by the story of Iris Dawkins' death. Especially when he recognizes the officer in charge, Darrani, well-known for his close-mindedness. Ghote is determined to investigate further, with a Hamlet-esque awareness of how deceiving appearances can really be.
Book Synopsis Inspector Ghote's First Case by : Henry Reymond Fitzwalter Keating
Download or read book Inspector Ghote's First Case written by Henry Reymond Fitzwalter Keating and published by . This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Newly-promoted Inspector Ghote is thrilled to be granted casual leave until he takes up his new post, As it allows him to spendtime with his pregnant wife. Their plans are ruined when Sir Rustom Engineer requires Ghote to investigate a suicide.
Book Synopsis Inspector Ghote Hunts the Peacock by : H. R. F. Keating
Download or read book Inspector Ghote Hunts the Peacock written by H. R. F. Keating and published by Severn House Publishers Ltd. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indefatigable Inspector Ghote - one of the great creations of detective fiction - (Alexander McCall Smith), investigates a young woman's puzzling disappearance in swinging sixties London - with a brand-new introduction by bestselling author Vaseem Khan Inspector Ganesh Ghote of the Bombay CID is determined not to put a foot wrong when he arrives in England, the land of calm, dignity and order. He is, himself, on the most dignified of missions: attending the Emergency Conference on the Smuggling of Dangerous Drugs, on behalf of his hospitalised boss. But, almost immediately, things go wrong. Not only is his suitcase the shabbiest at the airport, but he is unexpectedly met in the Arrivals hall by a noisy, weeping relative, who clutches his feet and implores him to investigate the disappearance of a seventeen-year-old girl known, mystifyingly, as the Peacock. Much against his will, Ghote finds himself dividing his precious time in London between his duties at the conference and his unofficial investigations - investigations which take him into a darker, seedier London than he'd ever imagined possible.
Book Synopsis Inspector Ghote Goes by Train by : H. R. F. Keating
Download or read book Inspector Ghote Goes by Train written by H. R. F. Keating and published by Severn House Publishers Ltd. This book was released on 2020-04-01 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quietly dignified Inspector Ghote, 'one of the great creations of detective fiction' (Alexander McCall Smith), finds himself trapped on a train with a fellow passenger who may - or may not - be the legendary confidence trickster he is travelling to collect, in this classic mystery - with a brand-new introduction by bestselling author Vaseem Khan. When Inspector Ganesh Ghote boards the train to Calcutta, he's looking forward to spending forty hours detached from his responsibilities, but nevertheless still doing his job. He is on his way to collect legendary swindler A. K. Bhattacharya, who's defrauded wealthy art-lovers for years, and bring him back to Bombay to stand trial. But his peace and quiet is immediately disturbed by a chatty fellow traveller, who, Ghote soon realises, talks relentlessly but never gives anything personal away. Who is this man, who never takes off his sunglasses, and whose hair appears freshly dyed? The good inspector's heart stops when he sees the initials on his companion's case: A.K.B. A. K. Bhattacharaya, the master trickster, is in prison in Calcutta, awaiting transfer under Ghote's custody to Bombay. It would be the wildest fantasy to think he should be sitting on the train with Ghote instead. Wouldn't it?
Book Synopsis Filmi, Filmi, Inspector Ghote by : H. R. F. Keating
Download or read book Filmi, Filmi, Inspector Ghote written by H. R. F. Keating and published by Severn House Publishers. This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: India's most famous screen villain, Dhartiraj, lies dead on a Bollywood film set. There's no doubt it's murder, and Inspector Ghote quickly discovers that there's no shortage of suspects. But the truth is elusive, and the good detective, caught up in visions of his own glittering success, finds himself desperate to solve the case in record time .
Book Synopsis The Perfect Murder by : Henry Reymond Fitzwalter Keating
Download or read book The Perfect Murder written by Henry Reymond Fitzwalter Keating and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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, for in this most baffling of crimes there is the cunning and important tycoon Lala Varde to contend with. And as if this were not enough, he finds himself having to investigate the mysterious theft of one rupee from the desk of yet another Very Important Person, the Minister of Police Affairs and the Arts. "If people would only behave in a simple, reasonable, logical way," sighs the Inspector as he struggles through the quagmires of incompetence and corruption to solve these curious crimes.
Book Synopsis Inspector Ghote Draws a Line by : H. R. F. Keating
Download or read book Inspector Ghote Draws a Line written by H. R. F. Keating and published by Severn House Publishers Ltd. This book was released on 2020-06-01 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspector Ghote, 'one of the great creations of detective fiction' (Alexander McCall Smith), is sent to the remote Indian countryside to protect a formidable retired judge who's been receiving death threats in this classic mystery - with a brand-new introduction by bestselling author Vaseem Khan. Inspector Ganesh Ghote of the Bombay CID is ordered off to the remote, heat-soaked Indian countryside to protect an aged, unpopular and rigidly obstinate judge of the British Raj era, against whom death threats have been made. In the old house, Ghote soon finds that his chief opponent is not the unknown who has been leaving Justice Sir Asif Ibrahim threatening letters, but the formidable, iron-principled old judge himself, who dismisses the threats as mere foolishness and refuses to cooperate with Ghote's investigation. The good inspector is determined to do his duty, and soon has both a lengthy list of suspects - including the judge's own beautiful, high-strung daughter, a radical American priest and the editor of a left-wing newspaper - and a possible motive for shutting up the judge: he is writing his memoirs, and who knows what secrets the old man is planning to reveal . . .
Book Synopsis Asking Questions by : H. R. F. Keating
Download or read book Asking Questions written by H. R. F. Keating and published by Severn House Publishers Ltd. This book was released on 2020-10-01 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspector Ghote, 'one of the great creations of detective fiction' (Alexander McCall Smith), faces snakes of both the reptile and human kind when he's called in to investigate a drug smuggling case turned deadly in this classic mystery - with a brand-new introduction by bestselling author Vaseem Khan. Inspector Ganesh Ghote is taken aback when Bombay's Commissioner of Police visits him at home early one morning, with a confidential request. The commissioner's film-star friend, Asha Rani, has asked for help with an unpleasant matter at the charity she supports, the Mira Behn Institute of Medical Research. Someone is smuggling samples of an experimental medicine out of the institute, made from the venom of poisonous snakes, and the last batch nearly killed film director - and Asha's 'close friend' - Mihir Ganguly. Ghote's task, he discovers, is to find and arrest the smuggler - on some other charge. Dismayed to be asked to frame a criminal for a crime they didn't commit, Ghote nevertheless launches into the investigation with his usual thoroughness. But at the Mira Behn Institute, he comes across an unexpected - and deadly - sight: snake-handler Chandra Chagoo lying dead on the floor of the Reptile Room, a viper slithering across his back . . .
Book Synopsis A Small Case for Inspector Ghote by : H. R. F. Keating
Download or read book A Small Case for Inspector Ghote written by H. R. F. Keating and published by Severn House Publishers Ltd. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shy, self-questioning Inspector Ghote, ‘one of the great creations of detective fiction’ (Alexander McCall Smith), faces a crisis of conscience when he is asked to ignore the murder of an unimportant colleague in this classic mystery – with a brand-new introduction by bestselling author Vaseem Khan. Newly-promoted Inspector Ganesh Ghote is not having a good morning. His office is too hot, his assistant Bikram is late for work and he can’t concentrate on his interminable paperwork, distracted by an insistent, unpleasant smell. Ghote’s day does not improve when he discovers its horrible source: Bikram’s severed head, wrapped in newspaper and stuffed in his office rubbish bin. Who would want to kill a lowly peon? And why would they plant the evidence in the heart of the Bombay Police Crime Branch? Ghote is already planning where to start his investigations when he’s brought up short: his new boss, the forbidding Assistant Commissioner Divekar, thinks the crime altogether unsuitable for their department, and orders him to quietly dispose of the body . . . A Small Case for Inspector Ghote?, H. R. F. Keating’s last novel, takes readers on a journey back to Ghote’s first official case, giving fans and new readers alike an intimate peek into the thoughts and feelings of one of detective fiction’s most human and engaging creations.
Book Synopsis Under a Monsoon Cloud by : Henry Reymond Fitzwalter Keating
Download or read book Under a Monsoon Cloud written by Henry Reymond Fitzwalter Keating and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspector Ghote has modelled his career on the efficiency and integrity of "Tiger" Kelkar, but in a moment of pre-monsoon rage a subordinate is killed and Ghote must compromise both duty and justice to defend his hero. Cosy mystery.
Book Synopsis Beautiful Ghosts by : Eliot Pattison
Download or read book Beautiful Ghosts written by Eliot Pattison and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2005-04 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disgraced former Beijing police inspector Shan Tao Yun has been living with the forbidden lamas in Tibet since his unofficial release from a work camp. Now the same officials who exiled him want him to solve a mysterious murder in a ruined mountain monastery, a case that will take him from Tibet to the United States and involve the FBI, the Chinese government, British relief workers, and his own long-unseen son.
Book Synopsis A Test of Wills LP by : Charles Todd
Download or read book A Test of Wills LP written by Charles Todd and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-03-23 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is 1919, and the War to End All Wars has been won. But for Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge, recently returned from the battlefields of France, there is no peace. Suffering from shell shock, he plunges into his work to save his sanity. But his first assignment is a case certain to spell both personal and professional disaster. A popular colonel has been murdered in Warwickshire, and the main suspect is a decorated war hero. No matter what the outcome, Rutledge may not escape with his career intact. And, win or lose, the cost could be even higher: The one witness who could break the case is himself a shell-shock victim. In this war-ravaged man, Rutledge sees his own possible future, should he fail.
Download or read book Dead Souls written by Ian Rankin and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2000-08-15 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vigilantes appear in a housing complex in Edinburgh after police reveal a convicted child molester is living among them. Inspector Rebus, already up to his ears with a released serial killer, is put on the case.
Book Synopsis Inspector Ghote, His Life and Crimes by : H. R. F. Keating
Download or read book Inspector Ghote, His Life and Crimes written by H. R. F. Keating and published by Severn House Publishers Ltd. This book was released on 2020-08-01 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best of the shorter adventures of Inspector Ghote, 'one of the great creations of detective fiction' (Alexander McCall Smith), are brought together in this page-turning collection of short stories - with a brand-new introduction by bestselling author Vaseem Khan. Inspector Ganesh Ghote of the Bombay CID stands alongside Hercule Poirot and Sherlock Holmes as one of the best-loved of fictional detectives. Mild mannered, often hamstrung by his refusal to accept bribes or force false confessions, but unparalleled in his determination to catch his killer, Ghote has delighted readers since his first appearance in print in 1967. This collection of short stories brings together some of the best of Ghote's shorter adventures. From 'The All-Bat Hat' to 'Murder Mustn't At All Advertise, Isn't It?', these stories celebrate Ghote and his painstaking investigative powers. Plus, an introduction by H. R. F. Keating himself gives a fascinating insight into the creation of the good detective, and how his life as a policewalla changed and evolved over the years to reflect real-life police work in the contemporary Bombay of the past.
Book Synopsis Go West, Inspector Ghote by : H. R. F. Keating
Download or read book Go West, Inspector Ghote written by H. R. F. Keating and published by Severn House Publishers Ltd. This book was released on 2020-06-01 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the only daughter of a wealthy Indian newspaper magnate drops out of her Californian college and joins an ashram, hard-working Inspector Ghote, 'one of the great creations of detective fiction' (Alexander McCall Smith), is sent to California to persuade her to return to Bombay, in this classic mystery - with a brand-new introduction by bestselling author Vaseem Khan. Wealthy Indian newspaper magnate Ranjee Shahani has a problem. His daughter Nirmala, who he sent to California to finish her education before her upcoming arranged marriage, has dropped out of college. Not only that, but she has joined an ashram near Los Angeles and emptied her bank account. Unsure how to proceed, Mr Shahani turns to his good friend the Minister for Police for help. Hard-working, self-effacing Inspector Ghote of the Bombay CID is dismayed to find that instead of spending his upcoming holiday with his wife, he's being sent to Los Angeles to wrest Ranjee Shahani's daughter from an ashram - and from the clutches of its famous leader, the Swami With No Name. Assisted by a boastful, patronising private detective hired by Mr Shahani, Ghote attempts to persuade Nirmala to return with him to Bombay. But before he can win her trust, events take an unexpectedly deadly turn . . .
Book Synopsis The Murder of the Maharajah by : H. R. F. Keating
Download or read book The Murder of the Maharajah written by H. R. F. Keating and published by Macmillan Reference USA. This book was released on 1981 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A handful of Western visitors comes to the opulent Summer Palace of Bhopore to meet the outrageous Maharajah and his eccentric entourage. But before long they also meet sudden death. An imperturbable District Superintendent of Police is called in; but who will he find guilty of the murder of the Maharajah?
