Detective Joe Sandilands Novel: The Last Kashmiri Rose (Series #1) (Paperback)

from Familyhistorian

"Commander Joseph Sandilands of the Metropolitan Police was delighted to be going home. Delighted that his six month's secondment from the Met to the Bengal Police should, at last, be at an end." But just as Sandilands is ready to bid farewell to India he is tapped to investigate the death of a y...

from cameling

Set in India during the British occupation, an English woman, wife of a Colonel, is killed when a fire rages through their house while he is away. A tragedy to be sure. But over the years, 4 other wives of British officers are killed in accidents. A coincidence that they all occurred in the month...

from phoebesmum

I do hope Barbara Cleverly has a sister called Beverly. I wish my name were 'Cleverly', and I lived up to it. But, as ever, I digress. This is the first in a series of mysteries set in 1920s Raj India and featuring Joe Sandilands, a Scotland Yard detective on what he had hoped would be temporary ...

from iftyzaidi

Fiendishly readable, even if the mystery is blindingly obvious (in fact so obvious that I was certain it must be a red herring, but no, alas). Late colonial India is not depicted with any depth - its a collection of stereotyped British men (some of the female characters have greater depth). Essen...

from majkia

The British Raj, shortly after WWI. A Scotland Yard inspector is called in to look into the mysterious death of an English memsab, wife of an officer in a famous regiment. Ruled a suicide, there are questions! Terrific setting, great characters, intriguing details. The killer a bit obvious, but t...