The Last Kashmiri Rose
It is India 1922 and the wives of officers in the Bengal Greys have been dying violently, one each year and always in March. The only link between the bizarre but apparently accidental deaths is the bunches of small red roses that appear on the women's graves.
It is India 1922 and the wives of officers in the Bengal Greys have been dying violently, one each year and always in March. The only link between the bizarre but apparently accidental deaths is the bunches of small red roses that appear on the women's graves.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781845298098 (1845298098)
Publish date: June 26th 2008
Publisher: Robinson
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
Category:
European Literature,
British Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Mystery,
Detective,
India,
Asia,
Historical Mystery,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime
Series: Joe Sandilands (#1)
This was a diverting mystery, but it doesn't make me want to read more of this series or the author. I did like the (to me) exotic time and place, that of the last years of the British Raj in 1922 in the Bengal region, and for better or worse I don't know enough to know if it's accurate, but it make...
This is an interesting historical mystery with an unusual setting and a likeable protagonist. The thing keeping it from four stars was that some of it seems a little overwritten. There are sentences I had to read twice in order to get their meaning. This is the author's first book so that may cer...
I'm on the fence with this book. I like the characters. I thought Joe is a character with depth and room to grow. I just loved Nancy, the Collector's wife. She reminded me of the very courageous, driven women that served in WW1 I've read about. The military life I liked even if I suspect it's not qu...
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