H. R. F. Keating

Henry Reymond Fitzwalter "Harry" Keating (1926–2011) was an English crime fiction writer best known for his Inspector Ghote series set in Bombay, beginning with The Perfect Murder (1964), which won the CWA Gold Dagger, and The Murder of the Maharajah (1980), which won a second Gold Dagger. Crime Writers' Association. He received the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger in 1996 for lifetime achievement, served as CWA Chairman and Detection Club President, and reviewed crime fiction for The Times. NYT Obituary.