Book
Review
Basic Details:
Book Title: A Greater God
Author:
Brian Stoddart
Genre: Crime
Part of a series? Yes
Order in series: 4
Best read after earlier
books in series? Yes, but can be read as stand-alone
Overall
score:
I
scored this book 5/5
⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️
Short
Summary of the book:
This book tells the story of Superintendent
Chris Le Fanu and is the fourth book in the series. I have not read the other
books in the series yet, but now I have a taste of the books, I’m keen to read
the others and the next too.
Chris is forced to swing between his chaotic
personal life and his professional life in this book and as a result misses
some important clues in his close colleagues and friends. These are made up for
in the end. I really enjoyed this book.
What
I liked about the book:
I particularly liked the writing style.
Although initially it seemed to be rather boring, after the first few pages, I
was dragged into the story and found it difficult to put the book down. It was
a lovely mixture of culture, history and mystery and ideal for me.
What
I didn’t like about the book:
There
wasn’t anything I didn’t like about the book.
My
favourite bits in the book:
I loved where Chris went against convention
and did what he felt was right. He refused to discriminate against any one
section of the Indian community and for that he has my respect.
I also enjoyed when ‘The Jockey’ was brought
down to size.
My
least favourite bits in the book:
I didn’t like it when the book ended and am
now desperate to read the other books in the series. Both to find out what
happened earlier and to discover what will happen next.
Any
further books in the series? Any more planned by this author?
This is the fourth book in the series and the
story does not appear to be complete yet. I am now left wanting to find out
what happens next. Will Ro and Chris rekindle their relationship or will Jenlin
turn up after all? What will be his next adventure and will he stay here or
take up any of the other job offers he received?
What
books could this be compared to and why?
This book is a detective/mystery novel which
stands on its own. The setting is lovely and also gives the reader an insight
into a colonial past.
Recommendation:
In
summary, I would recommend this book for
the following readers:
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Children
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No
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Young
Adult
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Possibly
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Adult
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Yes
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If
you like detective stories and mysteries this
book might be the book for you.
I
certainly look forward to reading more books by this author.
Book
Description by Author:
Superintendent Chris Le Fanu returns to
Madras from Penang where he leaves his new Straits Chinese love interest,
Jenlin Koh, and a tempting new post in police intelligence there. He finds
Hindu-Muslim tension on the rise in Madras, and his friends and subordinates
Mohammad Habibullah and Jackson Caldicott at loggerheads as a result. A series
of Muslim murders around the Presidency adds more tension. Le Fanu's arch
enemy, Inspector-General Arthur "The Jockey" Jepson is reacting
recklessly to the new conditions, then Le Fanu has to travel to Hyderabad where
his former housekeeper and lover Roisin McPhedren is seriously ill. Le Fanu
swings between his personal and professional challenges as a gang of
revolutionaries and Hindu nationalists from North India travel south to
aggravate the troubles. Le Fanu and Jepson clash head-on as the latter causes
several policemen to be killed, and Le Fanu is losing support because his main
civil service protectors are leaving Madras. Just as he seems close to
overcoming all these problems, news arrives that Jenlin Koh is on board a ship
reported missing near Ceylon. How will Le Fanu cope?
