On the day he retires, Inspector Ashwin Chopra discovers that he has inherited an elephant: an unlikely gift that could not be more inconvenient. For Chopra has one last case to solve...
But as his murder investigation leads him across Mumbai - from its richest mansions to its murky underworld - he quickly discovers that a baby elephant may be exactly what an honest man needs.
So begins the start of a quite unexpected partnership, and an utterly delightful new series.
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Vaseem Khan first saw an elephant lumbering down the middle of the road in 1997 when he arrived in India to work as a management consultant. It was the most unusual thing he had ever encountered and served as the inspiration behind his series of crime novels.
He returned to the UK in 2006 and now works at University College London for the Department of Security and Crime Science where he is astonished on a daily basis by the way modern science is being employed to tackle crime. Elephants are third on his list of passions, first and second being great literature and cricket, not always in that order.
On the day he retires, Inspector Ashwin Chopra discovers that he has inherited an elephant: an unlikely gift that could not be more inconvenient. For Chopra has one last case to solve...
But as his murder investigation leads him across Mumbai - from its richest mansions to its murky underworld - he quickly discovers that a baby elephant may be exactly what an honest man needs.
So begins the start of a quite unexpected partnership, and an utterly delightful new series.
On the day he retires, Inspector Ashwin Chopra discovers that he has inherited an elephant: an unlikely gift that could not be more inconvenient. For Chopra has one last case to solve...
But as his murder investigation leads him across Mumbai - from its richest mansions to its murky underworld - he quickly discovers that a baby elephant may be exactly what an honest man needs.
So begins the start of a quite unexpected partnership, and an utterly delightful new series.
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Condición: Como nuevo. : En esta encantadora y alegre novela de misterio, ambientada en Bombay, el inspector Ashwin Chopra se enfrenta a dos misterios inesperados el día de su jubilación: la herencia de un elefante bebé y un caso sin resolver sobre la muerte de un joven. A medida que Chopra investiga, descubre que ambos misterios están más entrelazados de lo que pensaba, llevándolo a un viaje a través de la ciudad, desde sus mansiones más ricas hasta su turbio inframundo. Con la ayuda de su nuevo compañero elefante, Chopra se adentra en una inesperada asociación para resolver el caso y desentrañar los secretos que acechan en la ciudad. EAN: 9781473612280 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Otros Título: The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra Autor: Vaseem Khan Editorial: Hodder And Stoughton Idioma: en Páginas: 314 Formato: tapa blanda. Nº de ref. del artículo: Happ-2024-09-03-a44909ed
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Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Selected by the Sunday Times as one of the 40 best crime novels published 2015-2020 Mumbai, murder and a baby elephant combine in a charming, joyful mystery for fans of Alexander McCall Smith and Rachel Joyce. On the day he retires, Inspector Ashwin Chopra discovers that he has inherited an elephant: an unlikely gift that could not be more inconvenient. For Chopra has one last case to solve. But as his murder investigation leads him across Mumbai - from its richest mansions to its murky underworld - he quickly discovers that a baby elephant may be exactly what an honest man needs. So begins the start of a quite unexpected partnership, and an utterly delightful series from the award-winning author of the Malabar House novels. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Nº de ref. del artículo: GOR007196036
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