{"product_id":"9781472111555","title":"Ragtime in Simla","description":"Author: Barbara Cleverly\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781472111555\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Little Brown\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 05 Feb 2015\u003cbr\u003ePages: 288 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSimla 1922. The summer capital of the British Raj is fizzing with the energy of the jazz age. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCommander Joe Sandilands is looking forward to spending a month here in the cool of the Himalayan hills as the guest of Sir George Jardine, the Governor of Bengal. When Joe's travelling companion, a Russian opera singer, is shot dead at his side in the back of the Governor's car on the road up to Simla, he finds himself plunged into a murder investigation.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eConfronted by the mystery of an identical unsolved killing a year before, Joe realizes that Sir George's hospitality comes at a price. Behind the sparkling fa ade of social life in Simla he finds a trail of murder, vice and blackmail. Someone in this close-knit community has a secret and the nearer Joe comes to uncovering it, the nearer he comes to his own death.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47919456649374,"sku":"ING-9781472111555","price":35.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781472111555.jpg?v=1782812045","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781472111555","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}