The Kidnapping Of Mark Twain: A Bombay Mystery

In 1896, Mark Twain arrives at the docks of Bombay, wife and daughter in tow, and, after attending a party in his honour, vanishes from his room at the iconic Watsons Hotel in the dead of night.Desperate to find the legendary writer and avoid an international incident between his country and Britain, the American Trade Consul, Henry Baker, teams up with Abdul, his trusted aide, and Maya Barton, a freespirited Anglo Indian with surprisingly intuitive detective skills.

But they have their task cut out for them: Mark Twains disappearance appears to be entangled with a thriving opium trade; an intimidating, selfrighteous preacher; an anxious magician who walks on stilts; a professional thief on the run; and a powerful labour leader, Tuka, whose young wife is found strangled in her bed.Full of fascinating period detail and delightful cameosand awash with suspense The Kidnapping of Mark Twain is a thrilling pageturner.