Murder at Government House (Isis (Hardcover Large Print)) cover

Murder at Government House (Isis (Hardcover Large Print))

by Elspeth Huxley

When the British Colonial Governor of Chania is strangled to death in his study, the possible suspects include a wronged husband, a fiery-tempered local politician, and the members of an African secret society working against white rule. It is a tangled web forSuperintendent Vachell of the Chania CID to unravel, but fortunately he has the help of a brash young female anthropologist and a canny, snuff-taking witch doctor.

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