Ragtime in Simla (Joe Sandilands Murder Mysteries)
by Barbara Cleverly
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Author: Barbara CleverlyEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-07-25
ISBN: 0385339720
Number of pages: 384
Publisher: Delta
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Book Review: Outstanding Historical Police Procedural
Summary: 5 Stars
This outstanding historical police procedural is as good a triumph of the genre as I've read in recent years. Barbara Cleverly is a masterful author and her exotic setting of Simla -- summer capital of the British Raj in the Roaring Twenties -- complements the solid development of a fascinating cast of characters. But, for me, the highlight of the book was the deviously creative plot, which twisted, turned and surprised me from page one till the end. Although there were one or two places where I had to suspend disbelief briefly, the book was a masterpiece. Cleverly is an outstanding author and this is only the second book in her Joe Sandilands series that I've read. I'm eagerly looking forward to the others.
Summary of Ragtime in Simla (Joe Sandilands Murder Mysteries)
Simla 1922. While the rest of India bakes in the hot season, up in the pine-scented coolness of the Himalayan hills the English have recreated a vision of home. Here are half-timbered houses, amateur theatricals, gymkhanas and a glittering vice-regal court for the socialites. The summer capital of the British Raj is fizzing with the energy of the jazz age. It is toward this country that detective Joe Sandilands is heading as the guest of the governor of Bengal. But when Joe's travelling companion, a Russian opera singer, is shot dead at his side on the road to Simla, he finds himself plunged into a murder investigation. As Joe begins to unravel the mystery which has its roots in the aftermath of the First World War, he discovers that behind the sparkling facade of Simla lies a trail of murder, vice and blackmail.From the Paperback edition.
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