The Last Kashmiri Rose Ngaio Marsh Turtle Alveston knows the use

Turtle Alveston knows the use of every gun on her wall

A young woman knows more than she's letting on

It soon becomes clear that Fitz is getting involved in something more complicated - and dangerous - than the search for a stuffed bird

At first she dismisses him as a nutcase

The Last Kashmiri Rose Ngaio Marsh Turtle Alveston knows the useIt is India 1922 and the wives of officers in the Bengal Greys have been dying violently, one each year and always in March. The only link between the bizarre but apparently accidental deaths is the bunches of small red roses that appear on the women's graves. When a fifth wife is found with her wrists cut in a bath of blood the Governor rejects the verdict of suicide and calls in Joe Sandilands, an ex soldier and Scotland Yard Detective. It becomes