![]() So, he invites them to remote Greybrooke Manor in the misty Nilgiris -a mansion that has played host to several sudden deaths a colonial edifice that stands alone in a valley that is said to be haunted by the ghost of an Englishman. ![]() Aging and wheelchair-bound patriarch Bhaskar Fernandez has finally reclaimed his family property after a bitter legal battle, and now wants to reunite his aggrieved relatives. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST CRIME NOVELS OF NOVEMBER BY THE TIMES UKįor fans of Knives Out, a book that embodies all the things we love about Agatha Christie-a haunted manor house, estranged relatives a will, and a murder- set in modern-day India, and the first in a series from author RV Raman. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST CRIME FICTION OF 2020 BY OPEN, THE MAGAZINE NAMED ONE OF THE "BEST RECENT THRILLERS"-The Guardian ![]() ![]() NAMED ONE OF THE "TEN BOOKS WE RECOMMEND THIS WEEK"-The New York Times ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() And one large, state-of-the-art, extremely secure safe - opened and emptied. Just two dead bodies: Judge Fawcett and his young secretary. There is no sign of forced entry or struggle. His body is found in his remote lakeside cabin. ![]() Judge Raymond Fawcett has just become number five. In the history of the United States, only four active federal judges have been murdered. "The Racketeer," available on Amazon and Bookshop, from $9.29 Because they've just found the perfect victim. For the Brethren, the timing couldn't be better. A bizarre presidential election is holding the nation in its grips, and a powerful government figure is pulling some very hidden strings. Or they can use their time in prison to get very rich - very fast.Īnd so they sit, sprawled in the prison library, furiously writing letters, fine-tuning a wickedly brilliant extortion scam - while events outside their prison walls begin to erupt. ![]() Meeting daily in the prison law library, taking exercise walks in their boxer shorts, these judges-turned-felons can reminisce about old court cases, dispense a little jailhouse justice, and contemplate where their lives went wrong. The third for a career-ending drunken joyride. They call themselves the Brethren: three disgraced former judges doing time in a Florida federal prison. "The Brethren," available on Amazon and Bookshop, from $9.29 ![]() ![]() Why was appointing Fitzjames as second in command of a ship and third in command of an expedition an “unusual move”? He had previously been the Captain of his own ship, HMS Clio. Fitzjames, an historically inscrutable character, had no polar experience, but did possess a powerful patron in the form of John Barrow, who helped secure his position on the expedition.” ![]() “In an unusual move, the Admiralty appointed Commander James Fitzjames as second in command of Erebus, and third in command of the expedition. What I do wish to critique is how Fitzjames is represented and how the Admiralty’s orders are interpreted. This part of the book I am very much not qualified to comment on and can only say that it looks absolutely great. ![]() ![]() It is richly illustrated with plans and includes descriptions of every single part of the ship. Matthew Betts’ book brings together in amazing detail the history and design of HMS Terror, one of the ships of the Franklin Expedition. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The way that some of the teachers are portrayed is as shocking as it is realistic, there is the ironically named Manners who wants nothing more than to be transferred to an all-girls school so that he can perve on, and perhaps have affairs with, the students there, and Solly who has resigned himself to the fact that things are never going to change so it seems pointless to keep trying. Through Miller's character, we see the importance of bystander intervention and just how difficult it is for that one person who could make all the difference in the world to stand up. The author taps in, and nails, some of the most shocking parts of what makes some teenagers turn bad-most notably, the inability to think independently and outside of the confines of the group. There are parts of this novel that may as well be set in modern day. ![]() |