Dark Road to Darjeeling (2010) (edit title/settings)

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• Lady Julia Grey Brisbane: An amateur sleuth that got her start investigating the death of her first husband.
• Nicholas Brisbane: Julia's husband and professionally a private inquiry agent that sometimes works for the crown.
• Lady Portia Bettiscombe: Julia's sister and a widow. Previously she and Jane were an item.
• Eglamour "Plum" March: Julia's brother and one of the younger sons in the March family. He has an artsy temperament and a flair for dramatic dress. He was ordered to accompany his sisters on this trip by their father.
• Jane Cavendish: Widow of Freddie Cavendish after a short marriage, and pregnant with his child.
• Freddie Cavendish: A distant cousin to Julia and something of a featherweight. His suspicious death precedes the events of the story, and left Jane a widow.
• Miss Cavendish: Freddie's maiden aunt. She more or less runs the estate.
• Morag: Lady Julia's maid
• Reverend Pennyfeather: Husband of Cassandra and father to Primrose and Robin. A rather absentminded man with tolerant viewpoints on some of his wife's more liberal views.
• Primrose Pennyfeather: The older of the Reverend and Cassandra's two children, she prefers to dress in dresses too young for her and has a sulky personality.
• Robin Pennyfeather: Younger of the Reverend and Cassandra's children, he's a budding naturalist and unusually brilliant for his age.
• Cassandra Pennyfeather: Wife of the Reverend and mother to Primrose and Robin. An artist and free spirit with very open views on social mores.
• Emma Phipps: A distant cousin of Julia's. Also appears in Silent in the Sanctuary. Now resides in the same valley as the Cavendish family.
• Lucy Phipps: A distant cousin of Julia's. Also appears in Silent in the Sanctuary. Now resides in the same valley as the Cavendish family.
• Miss Thorne: Governess to the Pennyfeather children, has her own secrets.
• White Rajah: A mysterious man who lives at an old monastery and collects gossip on everyone in the valley.
• Harry Cavendish: A cousin of Freddie's and next in line to inherit the estate should Jane not have a son. He manages the estate and has a passion for his work.
• Lalita: Miss Thorne's twin sister

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• “And with that little speech, the raft sank beneath me and I slipped beneath the chilly waters of the river.”

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• A woman’s importance comes from who she is, a man’s from what he is.

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• You must not look to the end of the road, Portia. Look only to the step in front of you. That you can do. Just one step. And you will not make the journey alone.”

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• Do not long for what you cannot have. Accept what is and thank God for it, before he sees fit to take it from you.”

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• The young are never afraid of the right things. That is the failing of youth.

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• “Ah, do not mistake solitude for loneliness,” he advised. “A man may be lonely in a crowd, or he can be quite content in the society of the natural world.”

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• And when old words die out on the tongue, new melodies break forth from the heart; and where the old tracks are lost, new country is revealed with its wonders. —Closed Path Rabindranath Tagore

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• The river runs swift with a song, breaking through all barriers. But the mountain stays and remembers, and follows her with his love. —The Gift Rabindranath Tagore

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• Do not keep to yourself the secret of your heart, my friend! Say it to me, only to me, in secret. —The Gardener Rabindranath Tagore

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• Two more different people could not be found in all of England I sometimes thought, and yet something within him spoke to something within me, and it was a conversation I could not ignore. When I was with him, it felt as if the whole of the universe had suddenly righted itself.

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• “The gesture is called namaste in Hindu. It means that the Divine within me salutes the Divine within you,” Harry murmured to me. “A lovely sentiment,” I returned. He quirked me a smile only slightly touched with cynicism. “Indeed. The world would be a rather better place if we looked only for God in one another.”

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• India
• Calcutta
• Kanchenjunga
• Pine Cottage
• Valley Of Eden
• London
• Sikkim
• Greece
• Egypt
• Bellmont

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• Relationships (Family, Romantic & Social): Between lovers, friends, family, and acquaintances

Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by Silent on the Moor, and followed by The Dark Enquiry.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Deanna Raybourn (Author)

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• Dewey: 813

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• Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Historical
• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Mystery › British Detectives
• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Mystery › Women Sleuths
• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Mystery › Series

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• Deanna Raybourn: Author's website.

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