Murder at the Grand Raj Palace
the warm and witty cosy crime series from the acclaimed author of the Malabar House books
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4.1 • 7 Ratings
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
In this enchanting Baby Ganesh Agency cosy crime novel, Inspector Chopra and his elephant sidekick investigate a murder at Mumbai's grandest hotel.
For a century Mumbai's iconic Grand Raj Palace Hotel has welcomed the world's elite. Anyone who is anyone stays at the Grand Raj. The last thing the venerable old hotel needs is a murder . . .
So when the body of American billionaire Hollis Burbank is found, the pressure is on to label it a suicide. But then Chopra is called in . . . and finds a hotel full of people with a reason to want Burbank dead.
Accompanied by his sidekick, baby elephant Ganesha, Chopra navigates his way through the palatial building, a journey that leads him steadily to a killer, and into the heart of darkness . . .
'Most beguiling' Financial Times
'Utterly charming' Guardian
'Colour and atmosphere flows out of every page' Daily Express
'Endearing and gripping' Sunday Times
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Khan's outstanding fourth mystery featuring Mumbai PI Ashwin Chopra (after 2017's The Strange Disappearance of a Bollywood Star), a friend on the force, Rohan Tripathi, asks Chopra to look into the death of American billionaire Hollis Burbank, who was found in his room at the opulent Grand Raj Palace hotel. Burbank was stabbed through the chest by a knife bearing only his fingerprints. Shortly before his demise, the tycoon bid $10 million to win a painting at auction, making suicide unlikely. Chopra is fired as a police consultant by a rival of Tripathi's invested in the suicide explanation, but he's back in the game after Lisa Taylor, an attractive employee of the auction house who stood to get a hefty commission had the transaction been finalized, hires him to continue. Khan's depiction of Chopra's marriage to Poppy, a restaurateur who has her own mystery to solve involving a vanished bride, adds emotional depth to the often funny plot. This is the best entry in the series to date.
