2 Books Like The King's Command

In PRECIPICE, it’s the summer of 1914, and the “guns of August” are only weeks away. In the middle of the unfolding crisis, the married Prime Minister, H.H. Asquith, pursues a distracting love affair with Venetia Stanley, a woman half his age. He writes to her obsessively, often two and three times a day. Sometimes, he dashes off notes during cabinet meetings, sharing sensitive government intelligence about the looming war with Germany. Enter Scotland Yard, which stumbles on the correspondence and assigns a young detective sergeant to monitor the affair and read the letters before they’re delivered.
Two of the novel’s three narrative strands are true; only the Scotland Yard plot is fiction. Harris’ Detective Sergeant Paul Deemer is keen at first, diving into his surveillance assignment. Before long, he questions his superiors’ motives, sensing he’s a pawn in some larger political game. Readers know the outcome of the mounting… show more.

I loved this unusual story. I learnt about Nepal, its flora and fauna and the issues facing the people and animals. The relationships between the children grows as the story progresses and they face new challenges. There's action all through the book and you're never sure how they're going to get out of some scary situations. I particularly liked the audio presentation of the story and the sound effects which add so much atmosphere to the story. It's one of those stories that you think about afterwards, not just because it's a great tale, but because it deals with poaching and its dreadful impact on endangered species.