It is just Inspector Ghote's luck to be landed with the case of The Perfect Murder at the start of his career with the Bombay Police. For in this most baffling of crimes there is the cunning and important tycoon Lala Varde to contend with, and as if this were not enough, Ghote finds himself having to investigate the mysterious theft of one rupee from the desk of another very important person, the Minister of Police Affairs and the Arts. The Perfect Murder won both an Edgar Special Award from the Mystery Writers of America and the Golden Dagger from the English Crime Writers Association. H. R. F. Keating is the author of many acclaimed mysteries.