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Inspector Ghote Series

26 primary works • 27 total works
Inspector Ghote is a detective with the Bombay Police Department.

Book 1

The Perfect Murder
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3.59 · 1255 Ratings · 94 Reviews · published 1964 · 50 editions
It is just Inspector Ghote's luck to be landed wit…

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    Book 2

    Inspector Ghote's Good Crusade
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    3.34     · 178 Ratings · 31 Reviews · published 1966 · 28 editions
    This was no ordinary murder, for the victim was Fr…

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    Book 3

    Inspector Ghote Caught in Meshes
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    3.54     · 84 Ratings · 15 Reviews · published 1967 · 12 editions
    Anthony Boucher"...the color and suspense sequence…

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    Book 4

    Inspector Ghote Hunts the Peacock
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    3.56     · 127 Ratings · 16 Reviews · 25 editions
    Inspector Ganesh Ghote comes to London!
    The Indian …

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    Book 5

    Inspector Ghote Plays a Joker
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    3.44     · 72 Ratings · 9 Reviews · published 1969 · 18 editions
    Inspector Ghote embarks on one of his strangest ca…

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    Book 6

    Inspector Ghote Breaks an Egg
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    3.54     · 159 Ratings · 12 Reviews · published 1970 · 19 editions
    The Inspector finds himself in a small provincial …

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    Book 7

    Inspector Ghote Goes By Train
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    3.48     · 120 Ratings · 12 Reviews · published 1971 · 18 editions
    One of Britain's finest crime fiction authors, Kea…

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    Book 8

    Inspector Ghote Trusts the Heart
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    3.63     · 103 Ratings · 13 Reviews · published 1972 · 18 editions
    Ganesh Ghote, an inspector with the Bombay Police …

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    Book 9

    Bats Fly Up for Inspector Ghote
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    3.60     · 40 Ratings · 8 Reviews · published 1974 · 14 editions
    Inspector Ghote is in trouble, worse trouble than …

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    Book 10

    Filmi, Filmi, Inspector Ghote
    by
    3.71     · 58 Ratings · 8 Reviews · published 1976 · 21 editions
    A grisly murder has plunged Bollywood, the film ca…

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    Book 11

    Inspector Ghote Draws a Line
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    3.52     · 65 Ratings · 13 Reviews · published 1979 · 25 editions
    Sent to a remote part of India to find out who cou…

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    Book 12

    The Murder of the Maharajah
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    3.45     · 120 Ratings · 20 Reviews · published 1980 · 24 editions
    A princely state in India, 1930, under the British…

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    Book 13

    Go West, Inspector Ghote
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    3.69     · 54 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 1981 · 15 editions
    Inspector Ghote meets California. Ghote has been s…

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    Book 14

    The Sheriff Of Bombay
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    3.57     · 49 Ratings · 4 Reviews · 9 editions
    When Inspector Ghote is asked to escort an ageing …

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    Book 15

    Under a Monsoon Cloud
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    3.87     · 774 Ratings · 14 Reviews · published 1986 · 14 editions
    A.D.I.G. (Additional Deputy Inspector-General) ”Ti…

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    Book 16

    The Body in the Billiard Room
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    3.55     · 75 Ratings · 12 Reviews · published 1987 · 19 editions
    This brief, entertaining novel, the 17th featuring…

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    Book 17

    Dead on Time
    by
    3.77     · 31 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 1988 · 13 editions
    Book by Keating H R F

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    Book 18

    The Iciest Sin
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    3.45     · 38 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1990 · 13 editions
    The iciest sin is blackmail, and that chilling cri…

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    Book 19

    Inspector Ghote, His Life and Crimes
    by
    3.43     · 14 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1989 · 4 editions
    A collection of stories

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    Book 20

    Cheating Death
    by
    2.94     · 36 Ratings · 9 Reviews · published 1992 · 7 editions
    Investigating an apparent open-and-shut case on Ka…

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    Book 21

    Doing Wrong
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    3.43     · 49 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 1993 · 13 editions
    Inspector Ghote is sent from Bombay to Banares to …

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    Book 22

    Asking Questions
    by
    3.75     · 20 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 1996 · 12 editions
    At the Mira Behn Institute for Medical Research so…

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    Book 23

    Bribery, Corruption Also
    by
    3.33     · 30 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1999 · 12 editions
    Est-ce l'heure de la retraite pour l'inspecteur Gh…

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    Book 24

    Breaking and Entering
    by
    3.17     · 41 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 2000 · 9 editions
    All Bombay is buzzing with news of the murder of A…

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    Book 25

    Inspector Ghote's First Case
    by
    3.37     · 131 Ratings · 31 Reviews · published 2008 · 10 editions
    Newly-promoted Inspector Ghote is thrilled to be g…

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    Book 26

    A Small Case for Inspector Ghote?
    by
    3.42     · 65 Ratings · 21 Reviews · published 2009 · 11 editions

    In his proud new position in the prestigious Bomba…

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    Book 1-3 omnibus

    The Inspector Ghote Mysteries: an Omnibus
    by
    4.25     · 12 Ratings · published 1996 · 2 editions
    Comprising three novels - "The Perfect Murder", "I…

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