The strangler vine
by Miranda Carter
- 5 Want to read
- 1 Currently reading
- 3 Have read
Calcutta 1837. The East India Company rules India -- or most of it -- and its most notorious and celebrated son, Scottish author Xavier Mountstuart, has gone missing. William Avery, a down-at-heel junior officer in the Company's army, is sent to find him, in the unlikely company of the enigmatic and uncouth Jeremiah Blake. A more mismatched duo couldn't be imagined, but they must bury their differences as they are caught up in a search that turns up too many unanswered questions and seems bound to end in failure. What was it that so captivated Mountstuart about the Thugs, the murderous sect of Kali-worshippers who strangle innocent travellers by the roadside? Who is Jeremiah Blake and can he be trusted? And why is the whole enterprise shrouded in such secrecy? In the dark heart of Company India, Avery will have to fight for his very life, and in defence of a truth he will wish he had never learned.
Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
Previews available in: English
Subjects
Cults, British, Fiction, East India Company, Missing persons, History, Fiction, mystery & detective, historical, Missing persons, fiction, India, fiction, Fiction, thrillers, general, Fiction, suspense, Fiction, historical, Large type books, FICTION / Historical, Fiction, historical, general, Fiction, thrillers, suspensePlaces
India| Edition | Availability |
|---|---|
1
The strangler vine
2016, G.P. Putnam's Sons
in English
- First G.P. Putnam's Sons trade paperback edition.
0425280748 9780425280744
|
eeee
|
2
The strangler vine
2015, G. P. Putnam's Sons
in English
- First U.S. edition.
0399171673 9780399171673
|
eeee
|
3
|
aaaa
|
4
|
eeee
|
5
|
eeee
|
Book Details
Edition Notes
Classifications
The Physical Object
Edition Identifiers
Work Identifiers
Source records
Work Description
"India, 1837. William Avery is a young soldier with few prospects except rotting away in campaigns in India; Jeremiah Blake is a secret political agent gone native, a genius at languages and disguises, disenchanted with the whole ethos of British rule, but who cannot resist the challenge of an unresolved mystery. What starts as a wild goose chase for this unlikely pair--trying to track down a missing writer who lifts the lid on Calcutta society--becomes very much more sinister as Blake and Avery get sucked into the mysterious Thuggee cult and its even more ominous suppression"--Dust jacket flap.
Community Reviews (0)
Lists
History
- Created December 18, 2019
- 5 revisions
Wikipedia citation
×CloseCopy and paste this code into your Wikipedia page. Need help?
| March 6, 2023 | Edited by CoverBot | //covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/13414327-S.jpg |
| November 15, 2022 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
| September 21, 2020 | Edited by MARC Bot | import existing book |
| August 16, 2020 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
| December 18, 2019 | Created by ImportBot | Imported from amazon.com record |