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The Perplexing Theft of the Jewel in the Crown (2016)

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For a moment he sat there, glaring out at the bustling street. A cycle-courier strained by, knots of muscle prominent in his burnished calves, a cart loaded with freshly laundered linen swaying behind him. In the middle of the road an auto-rickshaw had broken down, earning the wrath of passing motorists. A pair of teenagers on a motorbike hurled abuse at the luckless driver as they roared past in a cloud of sulphurous exhaust fumes. The driver shook a fist at the departing bike, then shrank back into his vehicle as he noticed a traffic constable moving towards him, twirling his lathi stick menacingly.
Chopra knew that he needed to control the anger flooding through his system. Now was a time for him to think clearly and to act rationally; a time to— A furious hammering erupted on the window.
Chopra turned to see a leper, dressed in a tattered blue bathrobe, brandishing a leprous hand at him. The hand was wrapped in a filthy bandage, the fingers reduced to mere stumps.
The leper, catching sight of the expression on his face, hastily backed away.

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