| The Damascened Blade Delta Trade Pbk Edition Contributor(s): Cleverly, Barbara (Author) |
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ISBN: 038533950X ISBN-13: 9780385339506 Publisher: Bantam Dell OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2005 Annotation: The deadly edge of the final days of the Raj is the backdrop for this third engrossing novel in the popular Joe Sandilands series. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Traditional - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2005297549 |
| Series: Joel Gustafsson |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.1" W x 8.1" (0.70 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In her acclaimed mysteries set in the age of the British Raj, Barbara Cleverly brilliantly captures a fascinating collision of cultures against a backdrop of jasmine-scented nights and neatly trimmed English gardens. In her gripping new novel, the author of The Last Kashmiri Rose and Ragtime in Simla transports us to the remote and exotic setting of India's North-West Frontier, where a group of travelers is swept into a spellbinding drama of kidnapping, vengeance, and murder. Scotland Yard Detective Joe Sandilands has been given the unenviable mission of guarding a spirited young American woman with far more wealth than sense. Lily Coblenz, accompanied by a cunning businessman, a woman doctor, and two quarreling military strategists, expects the adventure of a lifetime when she arrives at a remote British outpost. But when the son of a Pathan tribal leader is discovered dead, Sandilands, a decorated war veteran, knows that his mission to protect Lily has suddenly taken a startling new turn that may bring them all to the brink of war. Now, from the far reaches of an empire, Joe Sandilands must separate lies from truths, innocents from killers--and find the one person with a desperate motive for murder and the key to India's destiny. |