Absorbing reading!
I am enjoying the Joe Sandilands mystery series so much! The prince of Ranipur is dying, and Joe is sent to help keep his remaining 2 sons alive so that one can succeed him--the oldest died mysteriously. Each son has a different mother, and the harem is full of secrets and power struggles. A man-eating tiger is roaming the countryside, but Joe soon concludes one of the human variety is in the very palace...