Passage from Nuala (The Inspector de Silva Mysteries #6)
- Location(s): Sri Lanka
- Genre(s): Historical, Mystery
- Era(s): 1930s
Inspector de Silva and Jane embark on a cruise to Egypt to visit the pyramids, excited at the prospect of two weeks of sun, sea and relaxation. With Nuala, and de Silva’s duties as a police officer, far behind...
Fatal Finds in Nuala (The Inspector de Silva Mysteries #4)
- Location(s): Sri Lanka
- Genre(s): Fiction, Crime, Mystery
- Era(s): 1930s
In this fourth instalment of the Inspector de Silva mysteries, it is monsoon season in the Hill Country. One stormy night, a ghostly encounter on a lonely road leads de Silva into a case of murder, and a mystery...
Trouble in Nuala. The Inspector de Silva Mysteries #1
- Location(s): Sri Lanka
- Genre(s): Mystery
- Era(s): 1930s
TFBookClub choice for November/December 2017. More details here When Inspector Shanti de Silva moves with his English wife, Jane, to a new post in the sleepy hill town of Nuala, he anticipates a more restful life than police work...
- Location(s): Paris
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1860s
After a whirlwind courtship and marriage to dashing Frenchman Emile Daubigny, Anna, the teenage daughter of a Russian furrier, moves to Paris with her new husband, looking forward to a life of gaiety, love and comfortable affluence. The year...
- Location(s): England, London
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Later 16th Century
The year is 1586. Tom Goodluck, lawyer’s clerk and aspiring playwright, is forced to leave his home in Salisbury when an enemy threatens to expose his affair with the wife of a wealthy merchant. At first his future in...
Christmas in Nuala (The Inspector de Silva Mysteries Book 5)
- Location(s): Sri Lanka
- Genre(s): Historical, Novella
- Era(s): 1930s
The little town of Nuala is full of Christmas good cheer, until a brutal murder overshadows the festivities. The mystery he needs to solve baffles Inspector de Silva. It’s just as well he has his wife Jane to support...
Dark Clouds Over Nuala. The Inspector de Silva Mysteries #2
- Location(s): Sri Lanka
- Genre(s): Mystery, Crime
- Era(s): 1930s
The Inspector de Silva Mysteries are set in Ceylon in the 1930s and offer a colourful, relaxing read. In this second book in the series, the arrival in the hill town of Nuala of the heir to an English...
High Wire in Nuala (The Inspector de Silva Mysteries #9)
- Location(s): Sri Lanka
- Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
- Era(s): 1930s
Much to the delight of the locals, a colourful Russian circus rolls into Nuala, but the fun ends abruptly when, on the opening night, a tragic accident takes place. Shanti de Silva and his wife, Jane are among the...
- Location(s): Nuwara Eliya
- Genre(s): Crime, Historical, Mystery
- Era(s): 1930s
In this third instalment of The Inspector de Silva Mysteries, there’s great excitement when a professional theatre company comes to Nuala. However matters take a dark turn when the company’s actor manager is brutally murdered. Inspector de Silva has...
- Location(s): Sri Lanka
- Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
- Era(s): 1930s
No, 8 in the Inspector de Silva mystery series set in 1930s CEYLON When an American millionaire and his glamorous daughter visit Nuala, the splendour they bring to the town’s high society is soon tragically tarnished by a vicious...
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