{"product_id":"inspector-ghote-hunts-the-peacock-9780897331791","title":"Inspector Ghote Hunts the Peacock","description":"Inspector Ganesh Ghote comes to London!\u003cbr\u003eThe Indian police inspector (pronounced Go-tay) is sent to attend an international conference on drug smuggling; and in cold, drizzling London he is faced with his first case outside India.It is a very odd case. The girl, Ranee, niece of relatives of Ghote who live in London, has vanished--seduced, kidnapped, murdered, so her relatives allege, by the notorious pop singer Johnny Bull. Ghote is hounded by the relatives into spending his few leisure hours from the conference in trying to find Ranee--known for her brilliance as The Peacock.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eH. R. F. Keating\u003c\/b\u003e was born at St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex, in 1926. He went to Merchant Taylors, leaving early to work in the engineering department of the BBC. After a period of service in the army, which he describes as 'totally undistinguished', he went to Trinity College, Dublin, where he became a scholar in modern languages. He was also the crime books reviewer for \"The Times\" for fifteen years. His first novel about Inspector Ghote, \u003ci\u003eThe Perfect Murder\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Gold Dagger of the Crime Writers Association and an Edgar Allen Poe Special Award.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Academy Chicago Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50330341114130,"sku":"9780897331791","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3be05fb7-1fc5-4cf4-a19a-af49b778364a.jpg?v=1727799013","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/inspector-ghote-hunts-the-peacock-9780897331791","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}