Book description
In the house of Lala Varde, a vast man of even greater influence, an
attack has taken place. Varde s secretary, Mr Perfect, has been struck
on his invaluable business head. And try as Inspector Ghote might to
remain conscientious and methodical, his investigation is beset on all
sides by cunning, disdain and corruption. And then there s the
impossible theft of a single rupee to be dealt with . . . The Perfect
Murder introduced Inspector Ghote: Bombay CID s most dutiful officer,
and one of the greatest, most engaging creations in all detective
fiction. H. R. F. Keating was born at St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex, in
1926. He went to Merchant Taylors, leaving early to work in the
engineering department of the BBC. After a period of service in the
army, which he describes as 'totally undistinguished', he went to
Trinity College, Dublin, where he became a scholar in modern literature.
He was also the crime books reviewer for The Times for fifteen years.
His first novel about Inspector Ghote, The Perfect Murder, won the Gold
Dagger of the Crime Writers Association and an Edgar Allen Poe Special
Award. He lives in London with his wife, the actress Sheila Mitchell,
and has three sons and a daughter.
