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FROM: "Jane Jorgenson" <jajorgen@scls.lib.wi.us>
REC'D: 12/11/99, 2:45 PM

A colleague is looking for mysteries set in India. I've suggested H.R.F.
Keating's Inspector Ghote series, Paul Mann's series, and Bombay Ice. I've
checked the Fiction-L archives but didn't come across any more. Are there
any suggestions out there?

Thanks in advance,
Jane Jorgenson
Madison Public Library, Pinney Branch
Madison, WI

FROM: "Thelma Stone" <tstone@pub-lib.ci.fort-worth.tx.us>
REC'D: 12/11/99, 3:40 PM

Ellis Peters. Death to the Landlords
Mourning Raga

Mickey Friedman. The Fault Tree

FROM: "J Heuer" <cheuer@itol.com>
REC'D: 12/12/99, 1:31 PM

Doesn't M.M. Kaye have a few mysteries set in India or am I just thinking of
her novels? I'm not at the library so I'm just relying on memory here not a
walk to the stacks.


Jeanne Heuer
Brown County Library
Green Bay, WI
cheuer@itol.com

"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes, Art is knowing which ones
to keep." -anonymous

FROM: <MARLA@orion.mtgr.mtlib.org>
REC'D: 12/13/99, 8:13 AM

Two of M. M. Kaye's titles are: Death in Kashmir and Death in the Andamans.
To me, her mysteries are alittle more of the "romantic suspense" style. But
there is a murder involved. Good light reading. BYE!

Marla/Great Falls Public Library/Acquisitions
301 2nd Ave N
Great Falls, MT 59401-2593
marla@orion.mtgr.mtlib.org

FROM: <Ellice.Engdahl@galegroup.com>
REC'D: 12/13/99, 10:43 AM

What Do I Read Next? electronic gives the following results for a search
where location=India and subject=Mystery and Detective Stories.

Ellice Engdahl, Contributing Editor
What Do I Read Next?

"The views, opinions, and judgments expressed in this message are solely
those of the author. The message contents have not been reviewed or
approved by the Gale Group."


WHAT DO I READ NEXT ? RESULTS LIST

1. The India Exhibition - Richard Timothy Conroy
2. The Sign of Four - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
3. Bombay Ice - Leslie Forbes
4. The India Fan - Victoria Holt
5. Death in Kashmir - M.M. Kaye
6. Dead on Time - H.R.F. Keating
7. The Iciest Sin - H.R.F. Keating
8. The Burning Ghats - Paul Mann
9. Sergeant Verity and the Imperial Diamond - Francis Selwyn

Copyright: Gale Research (1999) All rights reserved.

Jane Jorgenson <jajorgen@scls.lib.wi.us> on 12/11/99 03:45:41 PM

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Subject: Mysteries set in India


A colleague is looking for mysteries set in India. I've suggested H.R.F.
Keating's Inspector Ghote series, Paul Mann's series, and Bombay Ice. I've
checked the Fiction-L archives but didn't come across any more. Are there
any suggestions out there?

Thanks in advance,
Jane Jorgenson
Madison Public Library, Pinney Branch
Madison, WI

FROM: "Tom Dillie" <tom.dillie@wadsworth.lib.oh.us>
REC'D: 12/13/99, 2:43 PM

FROM: "Karen A.K. Keller" <kkeller@tln.lib.mi.us>
REC'D: 12/13/99, 4:35 PM

On Sat, 11 Dec 1999, Jane Jorgenson wrote:

> A colleague is looking for mysteries set in India. I've suggested H.R.F.
>
This is a stretch (perhaps) but Paul Scott's Raj Quartet centers around a
mystery of sorts.


Karen Keller
Brighton (MI) District Library

FROM: "Dana Donnell" <wyodd@kentlibrary.lib.mi.us>
REC'D: 12/14/99, 9:01 AM

The Mistress of Spices by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, while not a
traditional mystery, is mysterious.

Dana

Dana Donnell--Public Services/Reference Librarian
Kent District Library--Wyoming Branch

Messages reflect personal, rather than Kent District Library, opinions.




On Mon, 13 Dec 1999, Karen A.K. Keller wrote:

> On Sat, 11 Dec 1999, Jane Jorgenson wrote:
>
> > A colleague is looking for mysteries set in India. I've suggested H.R.F.
> >
> This is a stretch (perhaps) but Paul Scott's Raj Quartet centers around a
> mystery of sorts.
>
>
> Karen Keller
> Brighton (MI) District Library
>
>

FROM: "Nancy Huntley" <nancyh@alpha1.rpls.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 12/14/99, 11:11 AM

I haven't read it but Moghul Buffet by Cheryl Benard was recommended by members of another listserv. It is set in Pakistan but includes Indian characters as far as I can tell.

Nancy Huntley
Lincoln Library

FROM: "Anjan Ray" <anjan_ray@usa.net>
REC'D: 12/17/99, 2:19 PM

Almost all the novels by Satyajit Ray are mysteries set in India.
Unfortunately, I am not sure there are enough titles available in translation
from the original Bengali, but you could certainly try "The Golden Fort" and
"The Emperor's Ring".

Another relatively recent one - though it is more supernatural than a
classical mystery - is Pepita Seth's "The Spirit Land".

And just in passing, the Sherlock Holmes short story "The Speckled Band" has a
touch of India to it...

Regards
Anjan Ray
New Bombay, India

****
Jane Jorgenson wrote:

> A colleague is looking for mysteries set in India. I've suggested H.R.F.
> Keating's Inspector Ghote series, Paul Mann's series, and Bombay Ice. I've
> checked the Fiction-L archives but didn't come across any more. Are there
> any suggestions out there?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Jane Jorgenson
> Madison Public Library, Pinney Branch
> Madison, WI

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