Bücher von Anuradha Kumar

In 1896, Mark Twain arrives at the docks of Bombay, wife and daughter intow, and, after attending a party in his honour, vanishes from his room at theiconic Watson's Hotel in the dead of night.Desperate to find the legendary writer and avoid an international incidentbetween his country and Britain, the American Trade Consul, Henry Baker,teams up with Abdul, his trusted aide, and Maya Barton, a free-spirited Anglo-Indian with surprisingly intuitive detective skills. But they have their taskcut out for them: Mark Twain's disappearance appears to be entangled witha thriving opium trade; an intimidating, self-righteous preacher; an anxiousmagician who walks on stilts; a professional thief on the run; and a powerfullabour leader, Tuka, whose young wife is found strangled in her bed.Full of fascinating period detail and delightful cameos-and awash withsuspense-The Kidnapping of Mark Twain is a thrilling page-turner.