H R F Keating

H. R. F. Keating, born Henry Reymond Fitzwalter Keating, was an English crime fiction writer best known for his Inspector Ghote novels set in India. He also worked as a journalist and longtime crime critic for *The Times*, and published more than 50 books across fiction and non-fiction.[2][7][8]

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