Cover of The Hamilton Case

The Hamilton Case

A flamboyant beauty who once partied with the Prince of Wales and who now, in her seventh decade, has "gone native" in a Ceylonese jungle. A proud, Oxford-educated lawyer who unwittingly seals his own professional fate when he dares to solve the sensational Hamilton murder case that has rocked the upper echelons of local society. A young woman who retreats from her family and the world after her infant brother is found suffocated in his crib. These are among the linked lives compellingly portrayed in a novel everywhere hailed for its dazzling grace and savage wit—a spellbinding tale of family and duty, of legacy and identity, a novel that brilliantly probes the ultimate mystery of what makes us who we are.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 320 pages

Click a tag to see books like this one that share it. Point at it (on a phone, tap it) for less of it instead.

Read it? Sign in to help tag it.

Liked The Hamilton Case? Here’s where I’d start.

These suit anyone who liked The Hamilton Case. Sign in and mark a few books for picks shaped around your own taste.

  1. Fortune Cookie Shares historical fiction, fiction, australian
  2. The Flower Boy Shares fiction, historical fiction, south asian fiction
  3. Currawalli Street Shares historical fiction, fiction, australian
  4. Playmaker Shares historical fiction, fiction, australian

“People who read The Hamilton Case tend to reach for these next.”

  1. Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew
  2. Coonardoo
  3. Sixty Lights
  4. Cinnamon Gardens

“If you want more of the same (historical fiction about colonialism), start with these.”

  1. Colours of Gold
  2. The Soldier's Curse
  3. The Secret Heiress
  4. Lyrebird Hill

“If it was the australian that hooked you, try one of these.”

  1. The Dressmaker
  2. An Imaginary Life
  3. The Secret Fate of Mary Watson
  4. The Runaway

“These start from a similar idea, even if they go somewhere else with it.”

  1. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
  2. Origin
  3. A Small Indiscretion
  4. The Commander