The Scorpion Palace

A thrilling locked room mystery set in Victorian India

Shylashri Shankar (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

2026
Canelo Crime (Verlag)
978-1-83598-197-9 (ISBN)

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Nine people are marooned at a house party in Falaknuma Palace... and then the murders begin. Can an outcast Brahmin policeman arrested on charges of treason end the killing spree?

Nobody is safe. Everyone's a suspect.Hyderabad, 1895. Nine desperate people find themselves marooned at a house party in Faluknama Palace during a devastating storm.

News soon reaches them of a dreaded revolutionary in the area, as well as an escaped panther on the loose... and then the murders begin.

Can Chief Inspector Soobramania, an outcast Brahmin policeman arrested on charges of treason, convince his prickly British rival, Inspector Wilberforce, to help him end the killing spree?

An utterly compelling historical locked room mystery with a sting in the tail.

Shylashri Shankar is an award-winning author, researcher, food historian, and political scientist. Her non-fiction book, Turmeric Nation: A Passage Through India’s Tastes, received the AutHer Award for best nonfiction in 2021. Her debut Blood Caste won the 2022 Spotlight First Novel Award and was also longlisted for the 2022 CWA Debut Dagger. She lives in New Delhi with her husband and cat.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	5.11.2026
Reihe/Serie	Murder in the Deccan
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Historische Romane
	Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Historische Kriminalromane
	Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Krimi / Thriller
ISBN-10	1-83598-197-6 / 1835981976
ISBN-13	978-1-83598-197-9 / 9781835981979
Zustand	Neuware