Hello, my bookworm friends! I thought I would share another book review for the Literary Voyage Around the World Reading challenge.
Title: The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra (Baby Ganesh Agency Investigation #1)
Author: Vaseem Khan
Copyright: September 15, 2015
Genre: fiction
Format: book & audiobook
Pages: 320
Summary (from Goodreads):
On the day he retires, Inspector Ashwin Chopra inherits two unexpected mysteries. The first is the case of a drowned boy, whose suspicious death no one seems to want solved. And the second is a baby elephant. As his search for clues takes him across the teeming city of Mumbai, from its grand high rises to its sprawling slums and deep into its murky underworld, Chopra begins to suspect that there may be a great deal more to both his last case and his new ward than he thought. And he soon learns that when the going gets tough, a determined elephant may be exactly what an honest man needs…
About the Author (Vaseem Khan):
““The only way to avoid falling prey to the perils of confusion is to never be confused about what you are. If you are an honest man, as I hope you will prove to be, never allow the circumstances of a moment to make you act against your nature. That way lies the ruin of everything you stand for.”
– Vaseem Khan
While looking up Mr. Khan’s information online, I came across a quote from his main character in the series. So I thought I would share the one above with you.
Vaseem Khan is the bestselling author of the Baby Ganesh Detective Agency series, a crime series based in Mumbai, India and featuring a baby elephant. The first book in the series, The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra, was a Times bestseller, a Waterstones’ paperback of the year, and an Amazon Best Debut. Vaseem first saw an elephant lumbering down the middle of the road in 1997 when he arrived in Mumbai to work as a management consultant. It was the most unusual sight he had ever encountered and served as the inspiration behind his series. Vaseem was born in London in 1973, gained a Bachelors degree in Accounting and Finance from the London School of Economics, before spending a decade on the subcontinent. He returned to the UK in 2006 and has since worked at University College London for the Department of Security and Crime Science. Elephants are third on his list of passions, first and second being great literature and cricket, not always in that order.
My Thoughts:
This is another book I found at a thrift shop and the cover pulled me in. I love elephants and mysteries so I was intrigued to find out how the two would mix.
The story pulled me in quickly and I quickly became a big fan of the main character, Inspector Ashwin Chopra. It was fun listening to the banter between him and his mother-in-law. I could easily see this made into a Netflix mini-series. The realities of growing older and facing retirement was a theme throughout the story. I think it’s challenging for most people to not fall into the trap of thinking we are our job. So it was refreshing to watch Inspector Ashwin Chopra try to figure out who he was and if it was really time for him to retire. The mystery was fun too. I look forward to see what is in store in future books.
I give this book 3 1/2 butterflies!
Happy reading!
