For a century the iconic Grand Raj Palace Hotel has welcomed the world's elite-from film stars to foreign dignitaries, anyone who is anyone stays at the Grand Raj-so the last thing the venerable old hotel needs is a murder ...
When American billionaire Hollis Burbank is found dead-the day after buying India's most expensive painting-the authorities are keen to label it a suicide. But the man in charge of the investigation is not so sure. Inspector Chopra is called in-and discovers a hotel full of people with a reason to want Burbank dead.
Accompanied by his sidekick, baby elephant Ganesha, Chopra navigates his way through the palatial building, a journey that leads him steadily to a killer, and into the heart of darkness ...