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Inspector Ghote Hunts the Peacock by H.R.F. Keating. This is the fourth novel in the Inspector Ghote series. In this one we find Ghote arriving in London in awe of finally visiting the Metropolis he's been dreaming about for so many years. We are in 1968, when cultures clashed in London, girls in mini, drugs and hippies. Ghote has traveled to London for a Police Conference on drug smuggling. At the airport he is met with a distant cousin who is adamant that he helps find the cousin run away niece nickname the Peacock missing for the last 3 weeks. Ghote embarks on a chase of an elusive girl mixed up with the drug and music scene. Keating succeeds in showing and telling Ghote fish out of water adventure with panache and a hint of humor and social comment. Not all the bad guy are thugs. A quick but interesting read.
