legitimately and administer the poison instead of a cure. Dr Uplea confesses that this is the truth and that she killed Masters because he intended to abandon the foundation and give his money to Tibetan refugees instead. After Dr Uplea has been taken away, Ghote finds himself alone with "Edward G." who reveals that the boys knew the truth all along. "Edward G." stresses that street children need to know what is going on around them, as it is a survival skill, and praises Ghote's cleverness in catching Dr Uplea. Ghote at first accepts this praise, telling the boy that the police are not always stupid, then concedes that at least some policemen have wives who cannot be tricked. Characters in "Inspector Ghote's Good Crusade" Inspector Ganesh Ghote: A hard working and honest police inspector in Bombay CID, India. Frank Masters: American millionaire and philanthropist, founder of the "Masters Foundation for the Care of Juvenile Vagrants" Dead at the start of the novel due to arsenic poisoning. Dr Diana Uplea: White British doctor who was Frank Masters second in command at the foundation. Fraulein Glucklick: Indian citizen and devotee of the Swami that Frank Masters brought back from the Punjab. Sonny Carstairs: Anglo-Indian dispensing chemist who works at the foundation. Chatterjee Krishna: Social worker at the foundation. "Tarzan": Athletic street urchin who chose his name from the character in American movies and a friend of "Edward G. Robinson". "Edward G. Robinson": Disfigured street urchin who chose his name from the actor in American movies and a friend of "Tarzan". Suffers from serious skin condition, the treatment for which is a preparation containing arsenic. Amahred Singh: Charming and roguish Sikh the Bombay police badly want to put in prison, but who they have no incriminating evidence to convict on. Major themes The novel's major theme is the contrast between great wealth and intense poverty and the role charity plays between them. A key point of the plot is what motivates people to embark on great acts of good, or "crusades". Literary significance and criticism "The Inspector is a fine comic character" SUNDAY TIMES "One of the more convincing characters in modern contemporary mystery fiction" NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW Audiofilemagazine.com has a positive review of the BBC Audiobooks America 2002 edition of Inspector Ghote's Good Crusade, read by Sam Dastor, on its website. Allusions/references to actual history, geography and current science