Series: The Last Nautch Girls of India
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Historical Fiction
An ex-dancer hiding a deadly secret. A British officer investigating a bizarre murder. An old mansion in Calcutta city, shrouded in mystery, that brings them both together and tests every truth they believe in. This new edition comes with exciting bonus content. September, 1889. Calcutta City. The British administration in India is in an uproar over the mysterious and cold-blooded murder of the celebrated old Major Harold Armitage. The Major is found dead in a rickshaw on the main street, in the middle of the night, shot through the heart. The rickshaw driver claims the assailants were five unidentified men, shouting hoarse cries of "Vande Mataram". Captain White, the investigating officer, receives strict orders from his superiors to find the murderers and bring them to justice. The only single clue in the case seems to point towards the old Gold House, a local pleasure-house in the western suburbs. Mrinalini, a native ex-dancer at the old Gold House, is harbouring a deadly secret. Together with her trusted aide Sajjan, she is secretly providing shelter in the lower echelons of the Gold House to five young men – the same men accused of the notorious cold-blooded murder of Major Harold Armitage. Fiercely patriotic and hot-blooded, the men regard Mrinalini as “Didi” and trust in her completely while waiting for a means to escape from the city. When the handsome and youthful investigating officer, Captain White, arrives at the old Gold House seeking answers to the bizarre murder of his superior, Mrinalini finds herself at a crossroads… Will Mrinalini sacrifice the just and captivating White to prove her loyalty to her Motherland or risk being branded a traitor by her own people?