Asking Questions : An Inspector Ghote Mystery

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Summary: The great Inspector Ghote continues holding interest
Review: H.R.F. Keating's Inspector Ghote mysteries are criminally underrated and unknown to too many mystery fans. They concern police inspector Ghote (working in India, natch) who differs greatly from the typical detective hero: he's a cog in a vast, often indifferent machine, polite, reserved, carefully trying not to offend anyone. His seeming servility is a great contrast to most of the great, individualist detectives. His environment, so foreign to the typical mystery, is so well described and written about so well, that the series is not just a bunch of well-written mysteries (that they are) but also a visit to a different world of mysteries, as cliched as that sounds.it's still a superior book.