Elephant Ahoy!
“On the day he was due to retire, Inspector Aswhin Chopra discovered that he had inherited an elephant.” Thus begins Vaseem Khan’s book, The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra, which serves the purpose of getting the reader to plunge right into it and end up being charmed.
For Inspector Chopra to get cracking –even though he is retired-- there has to be a death and there the case of a drowned boy. The scene of action is Mumbai (Delhi has already been claimed by Tarquin Hall’s wonderful Vish Puri series), and for those not familiar with the city, there’s a lot of masala, and also a couple of gaffes. Only in Mumbai could a baby elephant accompany a cop on a murder investigation. The sight of an elephant on the street, did, in fact inspire this book. Hopefully, it also kicks of a series of Baby Ganesh Agency novels.
The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra
By Vaseem Khan
Published by Hachette
Pages: 298
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