Captain Jim Agnihotri and his new bride, Diana Framji, return in Nev March''s Peril at the Exposition, the follow up to March''s award-winning, Edgar finalist debut, Murder in Old Bombay.

1893: Newlyweds Captain Jim Agnihotri and Diana Framji are settling into their new home in Boston, Massachusetts, having fled the strict social rules of British BombayIt''s a different life than what they left behind, but theirs is no ordinary marriage: Jim, now a detective at the Dupree Agency, is teaching Diana the art of deduction he’s learned from his idol, Sherlock Holmes.

Everyone is talking about the preparations for the World''s Fair in Chicago: the grandeur, the speculation, the trickeryCaptain Jim will experience it first-hand: he''s being sent to Chicago to investigate the murder of a man named Thomas Grewe. As Jim probes the underbelly of Chicago’s docks, warehouses, and taverns, he discovers deep social unrest and some deadly ambitions.

When Jim goes missing, young Diana must venture to Chicago''s treacherous streets to learn what happenedBut who can she trust, when a single misstep could mean disaster?

Award-winning author Nev March mesmerized readers with her Edgar finalist debut, Murder in Old Bombay. Now, in Peril at the Exposition, she wields her craft against the glittering landscape of the Gilded Age with spectacular results.



Format Häftad Omfång 368 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag St Martin's Press Utgivningsdatum 2023-07-25 ISBN 9781250855053