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The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra

By Vaseem Khan

Fiction, Mystery & Detective, General, Travel, Asia, India & South Asia, International Crime & Mystery, Crime, Cozy | 320 pages
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Selected by the Sunday Times as one of the 40 best crime novels published 2015-2020

Mumbai, murder and a baby elephant combine in a charming, joyful mystery for fans of Alexander McCall Smith and Rachel Joyce.

On the day he retires, Inspector Ashwin Chopra discovers that he has inherited an elephant: an unlikely gift that could not be more inconvenient. For Chopra has one last case to solve...

But as his murder investigation leads him across Mumbai - from its richest mansions to its murky underworld - he quickly discovers that a baby elephant may be exactly what an honest man needs.

So begins the start of a quite unexpected partnership, and an utterly delightful series from the award-winning author of the Malabar House novels.

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Jane Cathcart
30th Jan 2025
"This book is the first in series of six, set in India. It is light crime, funny & so evocative of India. I loved them all."
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