Bats Fly up for Inspector Ghote (Inspector Ghote Series #9)

by H. R. F. Keating

Overview

Insp. Ghote of the Bombay police has been relegated to antipickpocket patrol where he promptly gets himself into one of those fearful fixes which are equally the product of his faults and his virtues.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780897331203
Publisher:	Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
Publication date:	01/28/1984
Series:	Inspector Ghote Series , #9
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

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 languages. 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.

Editorial Reviews

"Ghote, the little Indian cop who works out of Bombay, has developed into one of the great characters of the contemporary mystery novel. He is shrewd, he is a bit pompus, he is sensitive, he is determined." -- New York Times Book Review

Newgate Callendar