A bracelet of diamonds, looted from a Hindu idol by a British soldier in India, passes into the hands of Colonel Thorndyke, who is sent home wounded to England. The secret of the jewel passes down his family and brings crime and tragedy with it, until young Mark Thorndyke sets out with a detective’s help to track down the truth.
A rare adult mystery from the great writer of boys’ historical fiction, its Indian characters drawn with Victorian assumptions. Download the free EPUB.