Name: The Body in the Billiard Room

Author: H. R. F. Keating
Year: 1987
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Genres/categories:
Mystery
Culture: India

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9780140101713
0140101713		 This brief, entertaining novel, the 17th featuring Bombay's Inspector Ghote, finds the dauntless detective summoned to the hill station of Ootacamund ("Ooty") in South India, where he must locate a "diabolically ingenious murderer." A former ambassador, Surinder Mehta, calls upon Ghote to probe the death of Pichu, billiards marker at the genteel Ooty Club, gathering place for well-to-do Indians and English. Pichu had been found sprawled in the middle of the billiard table, stabbed in the heart; the murder weapon is missing, as are many of the club's silver trophies. Aspiring "Great Detective" Ghote puzzles over this troublesome case with Mehta, an aging crime novel buff who doggedly defends his theory that Pichu's slaying occurred because he was blackmailing some frequenter of the club. As Ghote stalks a motley group of suspects, he despairs of solving the homicide until the culprit's identity comes to him in a most unlikely fashion. Admirers of Keating's light, diverting mysteries will not be disappointed. - Publisher's Weekly
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First published in 1988
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"Under a Monsoon Cloud"
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"The Murder of the Maharajah"
First published in 1980
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"Inspector Ghote Draws a Line"
First published in 1979
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"Inspector Ghote Breaks an Egg"
First published in 1970
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"Inspector Ghote Plays a Joker"
First published in 1969
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"Inspector Ghote's Good Crusade"
First published in 1966
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"The Perfect Murder"
First published in 1964
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"Inspector Ghote Hunts the Peacock"
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"The Sheriff Of Bombay"
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"Inspector Ghote Trusts the Heart"
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"Bribery, Corruption Also"
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