A Murder at Malabar Hill (Perveen Mistry #1)
Winner of the 2019 Mary Higgins Clark Award
Winner of the 2019 Lefty Award for Best Historical Novel
Winner of the the 2018 Agatha Award for Best Historical Novel
'Perveen Mistry is a rule-breaking badass in a sari. She has emotional intelligence and a thirst for women's rights. She can pick a lock with a hairclip and save the day with the sharpened nib of a fountain pen and a bottle of pungent rose oil.' The Spinoff
A legally-minded sleuth takes to the streets of 1920s Bombay in a fascinating new mystery.
Introducing Perveen Mistry, a courageous young lawyer-turned-sleuth in a stunning murder mystery.
Armed with a legal education from Oxford, Perveen Mistry has joined her father's law firm, becoming one of the first female lawyers in India.
Mistry Law has been appointed to execute the will of Mr Omar Farid, a wealthy mill owner who has left three widows behind. But when Perveen examines the paperwork, she notices something that seems very strange.
As Perveen inches closer to the truth, tensions escalate to murder, the widows fall under suspicion and Perveen must figure out what's really happening on Malabar Hill.
'It's a period of time and place that's not much written about in crime fiction, and the female perspective, particularly that of a young professional woman at a time when women did not do these sorts of jobs, will appeal to many readers.' AustCrimeFiction
Published in the US as The Widows of Malabar Hill
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