The Perfect Murder: The First Inspector Ghote Mystery (Paperback)
Idioma: inglés
Editorial: Penguin Books Ltd, London, 2011
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Paperback. The Perfect Murderintroduced Inspector Ghote- Bombay CID's most dogged, dutiful officer, and one of the greatest, most engaging creations in all detective fiction.Introducing Bombay CID's most dogged, dutiful officer, and one of the greatest, most engaging creations in all detective fiction, H.R.F. Keating's The Perfect Murder- The First Inspector Ghote Mystery includes a preface by Alexander McCall Smith, author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, in Penguin Modern Classics.One crime that couldn't have happened, one that probably hasn't. Nothing's ever easy for Inspector Ghote. In the house of Lala Varde, a vast man of even vaster influence, an attack has taken place. Varde's secretary, Mr Perfect, has been struck on his invaluable business head. And try as Inspector Ghote might to remain conscientious and methodical, his investigation is beset on all sides by cunning, disdain and corruption. And then there's another urgent case to be dealt with- the impossible theft of a single rupee . . .H. R. F. Keating (1926-2011) was born at St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex. He went to Merchant Taylors, leaving early to work in the engineering department of the BBC. After a period of service in the army, which he describes as 'totally undistinguished', he went to Trinity College, Dublin, where he became a scholar in modern languages. He was also the crime books reviewer for The Times for fifteen years. His first novel about Inspector Ghote, The Perfect Murder, won the Gold Dagger of the Crime Writers Association and an Edgar Allen Poe Special Award. His other works in Penguin Modern Classics include Inspector Ghote Breaks an Egg, Inspector Ghote Trusts the Heart, and Under a Monsoon Cloud- An Inspector Ghote Mystery.If you enjoyed The Perfect Murder, you might like Keating's Inspector Ghote Breaks an Egg, also available in Penguin Modern Classics.'May the redoubtable Ghote go on for ever'Len Deighton'Beautiful little classics'Alexander McCall Smith In the house of Lala Varde, a vast man of even greater influence, an attack has taken place. Varde's secretary, Mr Perfect, has been struck on his invaluable business head. And try as Inspector Ghote might to remain conscientious and methodical, his investigation is beset on all sides by cunning, disdain and corruption. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…
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- Título
- The Perfect Murder: The First Inspector Ghote Mystery (Paperback)
- Autor
- H.R.F. Keating
- Editorial
- Penguin Books Ltd, London
- Año de publicación
- 2011
- Estado
- new
- Encuadernación
- Paperback
- Idioma
- inglés
- ISBN 10
- 0141194472
- ISBN 13
- 9780141194479
- Serie
- Libro 1 de 24: An Inspector Ghote Mystery
Introducing Bombay CID’s most dogged dutiful officer and one of the greatest most engaging creations in all detective fiction H.R.F. Keating’s The Perfect Murder: The First Inspector Ghote Mystery includes a preface by Alexander McCall Smith author of The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency in Penguin Modern Classics.
One crime that couldn’t have happened one that probably hasn’t. Nothing’s ever easy for Inspector Ghote. In the house of Lala Varde a vast man of even vaster influence an attack has taken place. Varde’s secretary Mr Perfect has been struck on his invaluable business head. And try as Inspector Ghote might to remain conscientious and methodical his investigation is beset on all sides by cunning disdain and corruption. And then there’s another urgent case to be dealt with: the impossible theft of a single rupee . . .
H. R. F. Keating (1926-2011) was born at St Leonards-on-Sea Sussex. He went to Merchant Taylors leaving early to work in the engineering department of the BBC. After a period of service in the army which he describes as ’totally undistinguished’ he went to Trinity College Dublin where he became a scholar in modern languages. He was also the crime books reviewer for The Times for fifteen years. His first novel about Inspector Ghote The Perfect Murder won the Gold Dagger of the Crime Writers Association and an Edgar Allen Poe Special Award. His other works in Penguin Modern Classics include Inspector Ghote Breaks an Egg Inspector Ghote Trusts the Heart and Under a Monsoon Cloud: An Inspector Ghote Mystery.
If you enjoyed The Perfect Murder you might like Keating’s Inspector Ghote Breaks an Egg also available in Penguin Modern Classics.
’May the redoubtable Ghote go on for ever’
Len Deighton
’Beautiful little classics’
Alexander McCall Smith
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H. R. F. Keating was born at St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex, in 1926. He went to Merchant Taylors, leaving early to work in the engineering department of the BBC. After a period of service in the army, which he describes as 'totally undistinguished', he went to Trinity College, Dublin, where he became a scholar in modern languages. He was also the crime books reviewer for The Times for fifteen years. His first novel about Inspector Ghote, The Perfect Murder, won the Gold Dagger of the Crime Writers Association and an Edgar Allen Poe Special Award. He died in London in March 2011 at the age of 84. He is survived by his wife, the actress Sheila Mitchell, and his three sons and a daughter.
Alexander McCall Smith is an internationally bestselling Scottish writer, most widely known as the creator of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series of novels.
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