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The Palace Tiger

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Barbara Cleverly

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India, 1922. Joe Sandilands, Scotland Yard detective, is staying with Governor Sir George Jardine in Simla when unexpected news means his plans have to change. Sir George sends Joe off to the Princely State of Ranipur in the company of Edgar Troop, an experienced hunter, at the request of the Maharajah who is an old ally of the British. A man-eating tiger is terrorising the northern villages and they are invited to join a hunting party in the forest to kill it. But the quality of the weaponry with which Sir George supplies him raises Joe's suspicions. The Holland & Holland rifle will be perfect for tiger, but why has he also been issued with the latest small Browning M man-stopping pistol? The Maharajah is dying and the succession is unclear. His first son has recently been killed in a panther-wrestling incident and Joe is to investigate this. Was it misadventure, or is there a killer prowling the corridors of the palace? These fears seem to be confirmed when a second son dies dramatically before Joe's eyes as he approaches Ranipur, The third and last remaining son - the favourite successor in the eyes of the British - is only twelve years old. setting of the court, Joe must track down a clever murderer - all under the mocking and hostile eye of the ruthless Chief of State Police. And more deaths will occur before he finds his way through the maze of intrigue to corner, at last, the palace tiger.