Nilima Rao
Shipwreck in Fiji Hardback Book
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Sergeant Akal Singh, an unwilling transplant to Fiji, is just starting to settle into his life in the capital city of Suva when he is sent to the neighboring island of Ovalau on a series of fools errands. First investigate strange reports of Germans, thousands of miles from the front of World War I. Second chaperone two strongwilled European ladies, Mary and Katherine, on a sightseeing tour. And third supervise the only police officer currently on Ovalau, an eighteenyearold constable with a penchant for hysterics. Accompanied by his friend Taviti, who is visiting his uncle, the local chief, Akal sets off on these seemingly straightforward tasks. Instead, they become embroiled in a series of local issues the gruesome death of an unpopular local and the imprisonment of a group of Norwegian sailors in Tavitis uncles village. To add to Akals woes, Katherine, the charming aspiring journalist, harbors an agenda of her own. Will Akal be able to keep her and himself out of trouble before anybody else gets killed? Nilima Raos debut, A Disappearance in Fiji, was a critical darling and awardwinner, ending up on multiple bestofyear roundups. This next installment in the Sergeant Akal Singh series has all the charm and sparkle of the first book, with even more fascinating historical insight into the realities of life on Fiji at the start of the twentieth century.
Binding: Hardback;272 pages; Publisher: Soho Press; Classification: FF; Weight: 550 g; Dimensions: 149 x 217 x 24
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Sergeant Akal Singh, an unwilling transplant to Fiji, is just starting to settle into his life in the capital city of Suva when he is sent to the neighboring island of Ovalau on a series of fools errands. First investigate strange reports of Germans, thousands of miles from the front of World War I. Second chaperone two strongwilled European ladies, Mary and Katherine, on a sightseeing tour. And third supervise the only police officer currently on Ovalau, an eighteenyearold constable with a penchant for hysterics. Accompanied by his friend Taviti, who is visiting his uncle, the local chief, Akal sets off on these seemingly straightforward tasks. Instead, they become embroiled in a series of local issues the gruesome death of an unpopular local and the imprisonment of a group of Norwegian sailors in Tavitis uncles village. To add to Akals woes, Katherine, the charming aspiring journalist, harbors an agenda of her own. Will Akal be able to keep her and himself out of trouble before anybody else gets killed? Nilima Raos debut, A Disappearance in Fiji, was a critical darling and awardwinner, ending up on multiple bestofyear roundups. This next installment in the Sergeant Akal Singh series has all the charm and sparkle of the first book, with even more fascinating historical insight into the realities of life on Fiji at the start of the twentieth century.
Binding: Hardback;272 pages; Publisher: Soho Press; Classification: FF; Weight: 550 g; Dimensions: 149 x 217 x 24
Extended returns Orders placed after 29th October 2026 can be returned until 5th January 2027
Something not quite right? You have 21 days from the day you receive it, to send something back. When you purchase Debenhams Deliver+, you will have an extra 14 days on top of our standard 21-day window to initate a return.
Please note, we cannot offer refunds on fashion face masks, cosmetics, pierced jewellery, adult toys, and swimwear or lingerie if the hygiene seal is not in place or has been broken.
Items of footwear and/or clothing must be unworn and unwashed with the original labels attached. Also, footwear must be tried on indoors. Items of homeware including bedlinen, mattresses, and toppers, and pillows must be unused and in their original unopened packaging. This does not affect your statutory rights.
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Nilima Rao
Shipwreck in Fiji Hardback Book
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