Maliha Anderson Series by Steve Turnbull

1908. A gruesome death on board the Sky Liner RMS Macedonia exposes the clash of class, secrets and sexuality in upper class Edwardian society. On her journey home Maliha Anderson, Anglo-Indian daughter of a Scottish engineer and a Brahmin scholar, hopes to make peace with her past, her future and what she sees in the mirror every day - until the nurse of wheelchair-bound General Makepeace-Flynn is murdered. The General declares his innocence and Maliha is the only one to believe his story... more1908. A gruesome death on board the Sky Liner RMS Macedonia exposes the clash of class, secrets and sexuality in upper class Edwardian society. On her journey home Maliha Anderson, Anglo-Indian daughter of a Scottish engineer and a Brahmin scholar, hopes to make peace with her past, her future and what she sees in the mirror every day - until the nurse of wheelchair-bound General Makepeace-Flynn is murdered. The General declares his innocence and Maliha is the only one to believe his story. With landfall in India only hours away Maliha must find the real murderer before the culprit can escape, even though doing so puts her own life at risk. less

1908. Ceylon. The British Empire tightens its grip on the world. Attempting to deal with questions of race and identity Maliha Anderson is faced with a murder that brings her face to face with her past. And it's a murder that's interwoven with international politics, that even she may not be able to solve.

Pneumatic trains, steampunk air-planes, karmic sex and bloody murder in 1908 India. When the heir to an industrial empire suffers a fatal accident, Maliha Anderson is called in to determine whether darker forces are at work. What she discovers goes deeper than any crime she's ever investigated. She is forced into intimate contact with the suppressed passions of post-Victorian society and goes far beyond the bounds of what's proper and decent, to bring the murderer to justice.

1908. Three gruesome deaths in three mysterious tales in a past that never was.In Murder out of the Blue, aboard the Sky Liner RMS Macedonia, Maliha Anderson, Anglo-Indian daughter of a Scottish engineer and a Brahmin scholar, hopes to make peace with her past - but then the nurse of the wheelchair-bound General is murdered.Only Maliha believes he is innocent, and with landfall in India only hours away, she must find the real murderer, even though doing so puts her own life at risk... more1908. Three gruesome deaths in three mysterious tales in a past that never was.In Murder out of the Blue, aboard the Sky Liner RMS Macedonia, Maliha Anderson, Anglo-Indian daughter of a Scottish engineer and a Brahmin scholar, hopes to make peace with her past - but then the nurse of the wheelchair-bound General is murdered.Only Maliha believes he is innocent, and with landfall in India only hours away, she must find the real murderer, even though doing so puts her own life at risk.In Blood Sky at Night, Maliha is forced to investigate a murder of an old acquaintance but finds herself enmeshed in a clash of empires. But where do her loyalties truly lie?And, in Halo Round the Moon, Maliha comes face-to-face with the suppressed passions of post-Victorian society and goes far beyond the bounds of what's proper and decent. Will she lose herself in the journey or find her true place? less

What if home became a place of dread?Maliha Anderson returns to her family in French-owned Pondicherry, and it's as bad as she expected. Her grandmother is trying to marry her off but that's nothing compared the suicide of an unknown woman in front of a family wedding party. Or that her rejected lover has returned unexpectedly.Maliha refuses to allow the woman's death to be brushed under the carpet but her investigations bring her to a very dark place... moreWhat if home became a place of dread?Maliha Anderson returns to her family in French-owned Pondicherry, and it's as bad as she expected. Her grandmother is trying to marry her off but that's nothing compared the suicide of an unknown woman in front of a family wedding party. Or that her rejected lover has returned unexpectedly.Maliha refuses to allow the woman's death to be brushed under the carpet but her investigations bring her to a very dark place. Slavery, sexual violence and taboo relationships guide her to a devastating revelation that might destroy her family.In a past that never was, the fourth book in the Maliha Anderson series reveals the darkest aspects of human nature with vivid descriptions, intriguing characters, and crisp, elegant prose. less

1909. Maliha Anderson heads to South Africa to return Riette's daughter to her grandparents. But Johannesburg is in the grip of a terrifying wave of child kidnappings. The authorities refuse to investigate because it's only children of native Africans that are going missing. Maliha follows a complex web of clues that takes her to places where even her strength is tested in the most devastating case she's ever encountered.