
Very Pukka Murder
“Set in the tiny princely state of Rajpore . . . a satisfying locked-room mystery and a keenly observed comedy of manners.” —Publishers Weekly
Major William Russell, the English Resident of the state of Rajpore, is renowned as a man of rigorous habit. When his valet knocks on his bedroom door the morning after the 1909 New Year's Ball and receives no response, he and the Resident's elderly secre...
“Set in the tiny princely state of Rajpore . . . a satisfying locked-room mystery and a keenly observed comedy of manners.” —Publishers Weekly
Major William Russell, the English Resident of the state of Rajpore, is renowned as a man of rigorous habit. When his valet knocks on his bedroom door the morning after the 1909 New Year's Ball and receives no response, he and the Resident's elderly secre...
