Murder Abroad: Death in Berlin, Death in Cyprus, Death in Kenya

by M.M. Kaye

Death in Although the Mau Mau terrorist uprising is now over, when Victoria Caryll joins her family in ther beautiful Rift Valley estate, she finds the horrors continue.

Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Romance

736 pages, Paperback

First published December 3, 1992

About the author

M. M. Kaye (Mary Margaret) was born in India and spent her early childhood and much of her early-married life there. Her family ties with the country are strong: her grandfather, father, brother and husband all served the British Raj. After India's independence, her husband, Major-General Goff Hamilton of Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides (the famous Indian Army regiment featured in The Far Pavilions), joined the British Army and for the next nineteen years M. M. Kaye followed the drum to Kenya, Zanzibar, Egypt, Cyprus and Germany.
M. M. Kaye won worldwide fame for The Far Pavilions, which became a worldwide best-seller on publication in 1978. This was followed by Shadow of the Moon and Trade Wind. She also wrote and illustrated The Ordinary Princess, a children's book and authored a dozen detective novels, including Death in Kashmir and Death in Zanzibar. Her autobiography has been published in three volumes, collectively entitled Share of Summer: The Sun in the Morning, Golden Afternoon, and Enchanted Evening. In March 2003, M. M. Kaye was awarded the Colonel James Tod International Award by the Maharana Mewar Foundation of Udaipur, Rajasthan, for her "contribution of permanent value reflecting the spirit and values of Mewar".

Reviews

[Nisha A. · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you want to read a great mystery/thriller novel, then this is it! So engrossing and hauntingly suspenseful, that I couldn't even put it down to have food! Kaye writes with such an effortless ease that it makes the process of reading so smooth and enjoyable that you hardly notice and you're already few chapters in! Which counts a great deal for me in a book. So if this genre interests you even a bit, I highly recommend you to read this!

[Coho Cabin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Calling all lovers of Who-Done-It mysteries: If you haven't read them, please do yourselves a favor and check out M.M. Kaye's "Death in" series. They're to die for!