About the Author

Elaine Pinkerton is the daughter of Richard and Reva Beard, whose epic correspondence she collected and edited for the book, From Calcutta with Love. Elaine's latest work, Beast of Bengal, is a thriller set in 1940s Calcutta.She is also the author of The Santa Fe Trail by Bicycle and Santa Fe on Foot. She has published features in Family Circle, New Mexico Magazine, Runner's World, Frontier, Western World, and On the Run. Elaine lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with her husband, Robert.

About the Book
As World War II rages in the Pacific, U.S. and British soldiers fight their own battles in the steamy jungles of Burma. But, in an American military hospital in Calcutta, India, which treats those bearing the psychological scars of the fighting, something terrible is amiss. As the plot unfolds, readers discover the true identity of the Beast of Bengal. This historical fiction and romance features the internecine battles for Indian independence between those advocating the violent removal of Westerners and those loyal to Mohandas Gandhi.