H. R. F Keating
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
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...
Newly-promoted Inspector Ganesh Ghote is not having a good morning. His office is too hot, his assistant Bikram is late for work...
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Struggling to work with a crew that refuses to take her seriously, detective superintendent Harriet Martens is surprised when her superiors place her in charge of a major investigation, which proves difficult in the wake of peer scorn.
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
In England, Assistant Chief Constable Frenchlearns that a woman he coerced into confessing that shewas a bomber, was really innocent. He learns this fromher lawyer, a lady who is out to get him, even though sheis sleeping with him. By the author of The RichDetective.
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
In the wake of a personal tragedy, the Hard Detective must hunt down a potential terrorist in this British mystery from the Edgar Award–nominated author.
Detective Superintendent Harriet Martens has always kept her family life separate from her work. But when tragedy strikes, that discipline becomes impossible to maintain. Her twin sons, Graham and Malcolm, both police officers in London's Notting Hill, are caught in the explosion of a terrorist's...
Author
Series
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
1965.
Language
English
Description
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 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...
Author
Publisher
Published for the Crime Club by Doubleday
Pub. Date
1977.
Language
English
Description
In Bollywood, the film capital of India, the grisly murder of Dhartiraj, India's most famous screen villain, has plunged the Hindi tinsel town into chaos. But with the help of an ever resourceful gossip columnist, Ghote has soon assembled a list of some very likely suspects: a fading star who stood to inherit many of Dhartiraj's roles; India's number-one superstar, who was Dhartiraj's rival at the box office (and in bed); and last but hardly least,...
Author
Language
English
Description
Detective Superintendent Harriet Martens wants to resign after the new Assistant Chief Constable at the head of the CID makes her feel inferior in her job. However, her thoughts of resignation are interrupted when the prohunting politician Robert Roughouse suspiciously collapses during one of his vehement speeches at an anti-hunting demonstration. Sensing that someone has deliberately attempted to murder Roughouse, and seeing an opportunity to prove...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A princely state in India, 1930, under the British Raj. To Bhopore and its opulent Summer Palace comes a handful of Western visitors to meet the outrageous Maharajah and his entourage. There they met 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...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Bombay police detective Ganesh Ghote tracks a cat burglar known as Yeshwant with the help of his Swedish friend Axel Svensson. He soon discovers that the burglar is connected to a much bigger case, the murder of millionaire Anil Ajmani.
Author
Series
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Investigating a high-profile case involving the murder of top tennis star and media darling Bubbles Xingara at her sprawling country home, detective Harriet Martens finds the case complicated by her growing feelings for a fellow officer.
Author
Publisher
Mysterious Press
Pub. Date
[1993]
Language
English
Description
Riches beyond the dreams of avarice are the last thing on Bill Sylvester's mind when he returns to England after a holiday in Spain. A detective inspector in South Mercia, Sylvester is greeted by an urgent summons from the chief constable himself. Meanwhile, the lottery ticket he bought so casually while on vacation lies forgotten in his wallet. Sylvester is asked to tackle a highly delicate case. An anonymous letter - alleging murder - received by...
Author
Series
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
"If detective Harriet Martens's husband John hadn't been reading an Agatha Christie classic while the detective herself was sunning by the side of the club pool, she would have been dead before this story began. Unbeknownst to either of them, a killer had dropped a highly lethal addition into Harriet's cold drink. Struck by surprise to see the very symptoms of poisoning he'd been reading about, John was able to act - immediately!"
"Although he acted...
