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Ragtime in Simla

Simla 1922. While the rest of India bakes in the hot season, up in the pine-scented coolness of the Himalayan hills the English have recreated a vision of home. It is toward this country that detective Joe Sandilands is heading as the guest of the governor of Bengal. But when Joe's travelling companion, a Russian opera singer, is shot dead at his side on the road to Simla, he finds himself plunged into a murder investigation.

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  • "Simla 1922. While the rest of India bakes in the hot season, up in the pine-scented coolness of the Himalayan hills the English have recreated a vision of home. It is toward this country that detective Joe Sandilands is heading as the guest of the governor of Bengal. But when Joe's travelling companion, a Russian opera singer, is shot dead at his side on the road to Simla, he finds himself plunged into a murder investigation."@en
  • "Simla, India 1922 - London detective Joe Sandilands is the guest of the English governor of Bengal, but when his traveling companion, a Russian Opera singer, is shot dead at his side in the governor's car, Joe is plunged into a murder investigation. Joe begins to unravel a mystery which has it's roots in the aftermath of the First World War and discovers that behind the sparkling facade of social life in Simla lies a trail of murder, vice and blackmail."@en
  • "Simla, 1922: While the rest of India bakes in the hot season, up in the cool Himalayan hills the English have recreated a vision of home. The summer capital of the British Raj is fizzing with the energy of the jazz age ... It is towards this delightful country that detective Joe Sandilands is heading as the guest of Sir George Jardine, the Governor of Bengal. But when his travelling companion, a Russian opera singer, is shot dead at his side in the Governor's car on the road up to Simla, Joe finds himself plunged into a murder investigation. Someone in this close-knit community has a sinister secret ..."
  • "Simla 1922. While the rest of India bakes in the hot season, up in the pine-scented coolness of the Himalayan hills the English have recreated a vision of home. Here are half-timbered houses, amateur theatricals, gymkhanas and a glittering vice-regal court for the socialites. The summer capital of the British Raj is fizzing with the energy of the jazz age. It is toward this country that detective Joe Sandilands is heading as the guest of the governor of Bengal. But when Joe's travelling companion, a Russian opera singer, is shot dead at his side on the road to Simla, he finds himself plun."@en
  • "When his traveling companion is killed at his side while they drive through the Indian countryside, Scotland Yard detective Joe Sandilands investigates and finds himself digging into another related murder."@en

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  • "History"@en
  • "History"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Detective and mystery stories"@en
  • "Detective and mystery stories"
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"

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  • "Ragtime in Simla"@en
  • "Ragtime in Simla"
  • "Die Juwelen von Simla ein Fall für Detective Joe Sandilands"
  • "Ragtime in simla"
  • "Enigmes dans l'Himalaya"

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