Inspector Ghote Caught in Meshes

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Inspector Ghote Caught in Meshes Inspector Ghote Caught in Meshes

Author: H. R. F. Keating

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Published: 2020

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Inspector Ghote, 'one of the great creations of detective fiction' (Alexander McCall Smith), investigates a highway robbery – and finds himself unexpectedly enmeshed in a world of espionage and intrigue. When an American visitor to India is killed on the lonely, dusty road between Poona and Bombay, it seems like a classic case of highway robbery. But what Inspector Ghote of the Bombay CID learns from the victim's brother – the distinguished hydrology professor, Gregory Strongbow – soon makes him suspect that everything is not as it first appeared. Professor Strongbow is convinced that his brother, a prominent member of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, was assassinated – and Inspector Ghote is inclined to agree. But convincing his boss, the irritable Deputy Superintendent Samant, is only his first challenge, in a case that quickly enmeshes the good detective in a world of espionage and intrigue. Soon, Ghote finds his own life in...