Bibliograph

Death at the Durbar, a Maharaja mystery, Arjun Raj Gaind

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Death at the Durbar, a Maharaja mystery, Arjun Raj Gaind

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Death at the Durbar

Oclc number

1023114423

Responsibility statement

Arjun Raj Gaind

Series statement

Second Maharaja mysteryMaharaja mystery, 2

Sub title

a Maharaja mystery

Summary

"December, 1911. A vast tent city has sprung up outside the old walled enclave of Mughal Delhi, where the British are hosting a grand Durbar to celebrate the coronation of the new King, George V. Maharaja Sikander Singh of Rajpore is growing increasingly bored, cooling his heels at the Majestic Hotel as he awaits George V's arrival. Just as his frustration is about to peak, a pair of British officers shoulders in. They insist that he accompany them to the British Encampment. Lord Hardinge, overruling several subordinates, tells Sikander that his services as a sleuth are needed by King and country. Sworn to secrecy, Sikander is ushered into George V's personal chambers. And there he finds the cause for his extraordinary summons--an exquisite nautch-girl, hanged until dead. Employing techniques he has learned from studying Eugene Vidocq and Sherlock Holmes, Sikander examines the scene and demonstrates the girl was not a suicide, but murdered"--, Provided by publisher

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