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The Last Kashmiri rose.
"Calcutta, 1922. In a land of saffron sunsets and blazing summer heat, an Englishwoman has been found dead, her wrists slit, her body floating in a bathtub of blood and water. But is it suicide or murder? The case falls to Scotland Yard inspector Joe Sandilands, who survived the horror of the Western Front and has endured six sultry months in English-ruled Calcutta. Sandilands is ordered to investigate and soon discovers that there have been other mysterious deaths, with sinister ties to the present case. Now, as the sovereignty of Britain is in decline and an insurgent India is on the rise, Sandilands must navigate the treacherous corridors of political decorum to bring a cunning killer to justice, knowing the next victim is already marked to die."-- [Goodreads]
Record details
- ISBN: 9780786710591
- ISBN: 0786710594
- Physical Description: p. ; cm.
- Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2002.
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- 1 of 1 copy available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Terrace Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Terrace Public Library | Cle (Text) | 001603315 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
After a half a decade in which the wife of an officer in the Bengal Grays has died violently each March, investigators find themselves probing the bizarre coincidences that link the deaths as they pursue a dangerous serial killer. - Baker & Taylor
After a half decade in which the wife of an officer in the Bengal Grays in Panikhat, India, has died violently each March, one for the past five years, the governor of Bengal, local police authorities, and visiting Scotland Yard detective Joe Sandilands find themselves probing the bizarre coincidences that link the deaths as they pursue a dangerous serial killer. - Blackwell North Amer
It is 1922, in Panikhat, located on the plains fifty miles from Calcutta. In March of each of the past five years the wife of a cavalry officer in the Bengal Greys has met with a violent and terrifying death. One died in a fire, another by a cobra bite, the third from a fall, and the fourth victim drowned. Of course, they all might have been accidents, while the death of Captain Somersham's pretty young wife, who was found with her wrists cut, could be ruled as a suicide. Yet each of the memsahibs died in the manner she would have feared most.
Only one link between the five cases points to foul, disturbing play. On the anniversary of the deaths small red roses mysteriously appear on the women's graves. With only a few days to go before the end of March and with faith in the new Western science of psychological profiling and the able assistance of an Indian police havildar, Naurung Singh, Joe Sandilands finds himself running a race against time and a serial killer who alone knows the recipient of the next Kashmiri rose. - Perseus PublishingConjuring up the last golden days of the Raj and the turbulent early ones of Indian rule, this suspenseful and atmospheric first novelâthe winner of the Crime Writer Association's Debut Dagger competitionâdraws the governor of Bengal, local police authorities, and visiting Scotland Yard detective Joe Sandilands into an increasingly baffling and bizarre case of serial murder. It is 1922, in Panikhat. In March of each of the past five years the wife of an officer in the Bengal Greys has met with a violent and terrifying death. One died in a fire, another by a cobra bite, the third from a fall, and the fourth victim drowned. Of course, they all might have been accidents, while the death of Captain Somersham's pretty young wife, who was found with her wrists cut, could be ruled a suicide. One link between the five cases, however, points to foul, disturbing play. On the anniversary of the deaths small red roses mysteriously appear on the women's graves. With only a few days to go before the end of March and with faith in the new Western science of psychological profiling, Joe Sandilands finds himself running a race against time and a serial killer who alone knows the recipient of the next Kashmiri rose. "The atmosphere of the dying days of the Raj is colorfully captured."âSunday Telegraph "Introduces an intelligent author and an interesting investigator."âMorning Star
- Perseus PublishingConjuring up the last golden days of the Raj and the turbulent early ones of Indian rule, this suspenseful and atmospheric first novelâthe winner of the Crime Writer Associationâs Debut Dagger competitionâdraws the governor of Bengal, local police authorities, and visiting Scotland Yard detective Joe Sandilands into an increasingly baffling and bizarre case of serial murder. It is 1922, in Panikhat. In March of each of the past five years the wife of an officer in the Bengal Greys has met with a violent and terrifying death. One died in a fire, another by a cobra bite, the third from a fall, and the fourth victim drowned. Of course, they all might have been accidents, while the death of Captain Somershamâs pretty young wife, who was found with her wrists cut, could be ruled a suicide. One link between the five cases, however, points to foul, disturbing play. On the anniversary of the deaths small red roses mysteriously appear on the womenâs graves. With only a few days to go before the end of March and with faith in the new Western science of psychological profiling, Joe Sandilands finds himself running a race against time and a serial killer who alone knows the recipient of the next Kashmiri rose. âThe atmosphere of the dying days of the Raj is colorfully captured.ââSunday Telegraph âIntroduces an intelligent author and an interesting investigator.ââMorning Star
