The Strange Disappearance of a Bollyw..., Vaseem Khan
The Strange Disappearance of a Bollyw..., Vaseem Khan
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The Strange Disappearance of a Bollywood Star

Author: Vaseem Khan

Narrator: Madhav Sharma

Unabridged: 11 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Redhook

Published: 07/18/2017

Synopsis

The third installment in a charming mystery series set in Mumbai, featuring an inspector and his inherited elephant partner, who must track down a missing Bollywood star. Mumbai is a city that thrives on extravagant spectacles and larger-than-life characters—but as Chopra is about to discover, even in the city of dreams, there is no guarantee of a happy ending. Rising star and incorrigible playboy Vikram Verma has disappeared, leaving his latest film in jeopardy. Hired by Verma's formidable mother to find him, Inspector Chopra and his sidekick, baby elephant Ganesha, embark on a journey deep into the world's most flamboyant movie industry. As they uncover feuding stars, failed investments and death threats, it seems that many people have a motive for wanting Verma out of the picture. And yet, as Chopra has long suspected, in Bollywood the truth is often stranger than fiction ...

About Vaseem Khan

Vaseem Khan's acclaimed Baby Ganesh Agency crime series won the Shamus Award in the US, with The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra selected by the Sunday Times as one of the 40 best crime novels published 2015-2020, now translated into 16 languages. The first novel in the Malabar House series, Midnight at Malabar House, won the CWA Historical Dagger 2021 and was shortlisted for the Theakstons Crime Novel of the Year Award. Vaseem lives in London.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ken on May 10, 2019

There’s a certain charm to this series that instantly hooked me from the first book and even though this third instalment didn’t quite match up to the previous outings, it was still fun to catch up with my favourite private detectives from Mumbai. Inspector Chopra (Retd) and he’s sidekick Ganesha are......more

Goodreads review by G.J. on April 08, 2018

I loved the first two books in this series and was really looking forward to the third. Vaseem Khan can certainly write well and at times his turn of phase makes you want to laugh out loud. Sadly for me though this one was let down slightly by it’s flimsy plot, such a pity. I also found there was an......more

Goodreads review by halfirishgrin on July 29, 2017

Full disclosure: I went into this book without having read the two previous ones. I figured I wouldn't be at a huge disadvantage, since each book seems to follow its own individual mystery. I think I was mostly right. There were references to previous books, but nothing huge that I missed out on (I......more

Goodreads review by Chloe on April 08, 2017

I am in love with this series. I am in love with The Chopras and this yummy baby elephant. I love Mumbai (or as I call it "Bombay"). In the latest installment, Mr. Khan has burst out; layering #3 with even more details and making the entire location and characters become even more vivid. I read it w......more

Goodreads review by SueKich on June 04, 2017

The strange disappearance of Chopra's charm. One hates to be churlish about the charming Baby Ganesh Agency series, but here, in the third instalment, Vaseem Khan forgoes much of the strong sense of place and character that had made his first two Chopra books such a delight and focuses instead on the......more

Quotes

"Wildly inventive ... a great warmth and wisdom infuse this and the other Baby Ganesh books."—Booklist (starred review)

"Smoothly combines an affable lead, a seemingly impossible crime, and an endearing and highly unusual sidekick-a baby elephant named Ganesha.... Fans of Alexander McCall Smith will find a lot to like."—p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000}span.s1 {font-kerning: none}Publishers Weekly on The Perplexing Theft of the Jewel in the Crown

"An entertaining feel-good read in the tradition of Alexander McCall Smith.... Utterly charming." —Guardian on The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra

"The deep love for Mumbai and its people - warts and all - that Inspector Chopra shares with his creator infuses the novel from the beginning. The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra is certainly a delightful and uplifting crime caper, but it also comes with an edifying dose of serious social comment, with many of Chopra's preoccupations mirroring those of his creator."—The Bookseller on The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra

"An enchanting start to a new series."—Woman & Home on The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra

"A winning debut...Khan's affection for Mumbai and its residents adds to the novel's charm."—Publishers Weekly on The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra

"Debut Mumbai-based 'cosy' - complete with baby elephant - keeps things heart-warming while tackling corruption at the highest levels and violent crime at the lowest. Endearing and gripping, it sets up Inspector Chopra - and the elephant - for a long series."—Sunday Times on The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra

"Thought-provoking mystery... promising debut."—Booklist on The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra

"Charming."—Marie Claire on The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra

"A fantastic and heartwarming read... I can't wait to see what happens next!"—First for Women on The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra

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