Inspector Ghote Trusts the Heart

Oct 31, 2024 5:32 AM

Author:H. R. F. Keating,Alexander McCall-Smith

Some crooks have tried to snatch the plump son of a business tycoon, and have accidentally made off with his playmate instead. But they're not changing their plan: a payment is to be delivered to them or a small corpse is to be delivered to Inspector Ghote.

But what kind of ransom can a mere tailor's boy demand? And, as something more unpleasant than just a ransom note arrives from the kidnappers, are the police helping keep the boy in one piece?

Reviews

Utterly loveable...Ghote is one of the great creations of detective fiction

—— Alexander McCall Smith

The ten stories vibrate with drama and the shock of the unexpected... chillingly effective

—— Publishers Weekly

When it comes to duplicity and intrigue, Goddard is second to none... A master of manipulation

—— Daily Mail

One of Britain's finest thriller writers

—— Time Out

Combines the expert suspense manipulation skills of a Daphne du Maurier romance with those of a John Le Carre thriller

—— The New York Times

We could recognise her characters as easily as our colleagues if we saw them on the bus . . . an absorbing, portentfull depiction of Italian society, where superstition and old taboos still exert a powerful grip. Brunetti is in typically quizzical form. Shrewd yet appealingly emotional, he acts as a seductive guide to a country, and a city, depicted as slowly sinking under the weight of legal sleight-of-hand and pernicious networks of influence among the great and the good

—— Rosemary Goring , The Herald

A welcome addition to a hugely popular series with an unparalleled feel for the glorious city of Venice

—— Waterstones Books Quarterly

Wonderful

—— Mirror

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