Cromartie vs the God Shiva

BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR

''One of our best and most captivating novelists'' PHILIP HENSHER

''[Godden] writes with grace and a cheerfully lilting prose'' KIRKUS REVIEWS

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A revered effigy of the God, Shiva, is missing from the Patna Hall Hotel on south India''s exquisite Coromandel coast. Was it stolen, and to whom does it belong? Yo...