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008 180205s2018 azu 000 1 eng d
010 _a 2017938960
040 _aDAD
_beng
_erda
_cDAD
_dSO$
_dBDX
_dNFG
020 _a9781464209208
_q(pbk.)
020 _a1464209200
035 _a(OCoLC)1023114423
043 _aa-ii---
_ae-uk---
092 _aGaind,
_bArjun
049 _aNFGA
100 1 _aGaind, Arjun,
_eauthor.
_9314851
245 1 0 _aDeath at the Durbar :
_ba Maharaja mystery /
_cArjun Raj Gaind.
250 _aFirst edition.
264 1 _aScottsdale, AZ :
_bPoisoned Pen Press,
_c2018.
300 _a307 pages ;
_c22 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
490 0 _aThe second Maharaja mystery
520 _a"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"--
_cProvided by publisher.
600 0 0 _aGeorge
_bV,
_cKing of Great Britain,
_d1865-1936
_vFiction.
_9312880
610 1 0 _aGreat Britain.
_bArmy
_vFiction.
_9352592
650 0 _aMurder
_xInvestigation
_vFiction.
_9463
650 0 _aYoung women
_xCrimes against
_vFiction.
_920143
651 0 _aIndia
_xHistory
_vFiction.
_9352593
655 7 _aDetective and mystery fiction.
_2lcgft
_9464
994 _aC0
_bNFG
999 _c268583
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