The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra
The warm and witty cosy crime series from the acclaimed author of the Malabar House novels
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3.8 • 13 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Mumbai, mystery and a baby elephant combine in a charming, joyful cosy crime for fans of Janice Hallett, Alexander McCall Smith and Richard Osman.
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 quite an unexpected - and joyful - crime-solving partnership ...
'Endearing and gripping' Sunday Times
'Utterly charming' The Guardian
'Colour and atmosphere flows out of every page' Daily Express
*** Selected by the Sunday Times as one of the 40 best crime novels published 2015-2020 ***
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A faulty heart has forced the early retirement of Mumbai's Insp. Ashwin Chopra, the hero of Khan's winning debut, but the discovery of a young man drowned in a puddle of water upsets the policeman's last day on the job. Neither Chopra's superior nor successor has any interest in investigating, though an autopsy later reveals that the victim had alcohol and barbiturates in his blood. Retired or not, Chopra decides he has to get to the bottom of the man's suspicious death. Meanwhile, Chopra has inherited a baby elephant, soon named Ganesh, from his favorite uncle. Initially listless, Ganesh perks up once he begins to accompany Chopra around the city in what becomes a murder inquiry. Khan's affection for Mumbai and its residents adds to the novel's charm, though one hopes he'll be more careful with the details in the sequel (e.g., women would never wear lotus blossoms in their hair; they're too heavy).
