Hanover Library Catalogue

Image from Coce

The strangler vine : a novel / M. J. Carter.

By: Series: Carter, Miranda, Blake and Avery novel ; 1.Publication details: New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2015, c2014.Description: 369 p. : map ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780425280744
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • [Fic] 23
Summary: 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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Fiction Hanover Public Library Shelves FIC CART (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31906001058610

Map on endpapers.

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.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

The support of the Government of Ontario, through the Ministry of Tourism and Culture is acknowledged.
The support of the former Friends of the Hanover Library is acknowledged.

Webmaster: mail hanpub@hanover.ca

Powered by Koha