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This is a crime novel for everyone; for those who love traditional mysteries there are clues, codes and ciphers, but it also had a harder edge and a post-war darkness. A brilliant second outing for Persis Wadia * Ann Cleeves * This is a crime novel for everyone; for those who love traditional mysteries there are clues, codes and ciphers, but it also had a harder edge and a post-war darkness. A brilliant second outing for Persis Wadia * Ann Cleeves * This is a crime novel for everyone; for those who love traditional mysteries there are clues, codes and ciphers, but it also had a harder edge and a post-war darkness. A brilliant second outing for Persis Wadia * Ann Cleeves * The Da Vinci Code meets post-Independence India. I'd be surprised if I read a better book this year * M.W. Craven * The Da Vinci Code meets post-Independence India. I'd be surprised if I read a better book this year * M.W. Craven * The Da Vinci Code meets post-Independence India. I'd be surprised if I read a better book this year * M.W. Craven * Persis is brave, admirable, complicated and maddening, and is one of the few superlative and original characters emerging from modern literature * On-Magazine * Persis is brave, admirable, complicated and maddening, and is one of the few superlative and original characters emerging from modern literature * On-Magazine * Persis is brave, admirable, complicated and maddening, and is one of the few superlative and original characters emerging from modern literature * On-Magazine * As this charming series continues, readers will be cheering [Persis's] successes * SHOTS * As this charming series continues, readers will be cheering [Persis's] successes * SHOTS * As this charming series continues, readers will be cheering [Persis's] successes * SHOTS * A thoroughly enjoyable yarn, complete with atmospheric setting, intricate puzzle-solving and much derring-do * Mail on Sunday * A thoroughly enjoyable yarn, complete with atmospheric setting, intricate puzzle-solving and much derring-do * Mail on Sunday * A thoroughly enjoyable yarn, complete with atmospheric setting, intricate puzzle-solving and much derring-do * Mail on Sunday * The second in this excellent series . . . a delicious treat of a historical crime novel * The Observer * The second in this excellent series . . . a delicious treat of a historical crime novel * The Observer * The second in this excellent series . . . a delicious treat of a historical crime novel * The Observer * Early indications are that Vaseem Khan has struck gold by setting detective novels in 1950s Bombay. And that is why this is a gem of a novel * The Eastern Eye * Early indications are that Vaseem Khan has struck gold by setting detective novels in 1950s Bombay. And that is why this is a gem of a novel * The Eastern Eye * Early indications are that Vaseem Khan has struck gold by setting detective novels in 1950s Bombay. And that is why this is a gem of a novel * The Eastern Eye * A wonderful, pacy, literary mystery * Steve Cavanagh * A wonderful, pacy, literary mystery * Steve Cavanagh * A wonderful, pacy, literary mystery * Steve Cavanagh * A hugely entertaining, devilishly clever and immersive murder mystery * Antonia Hodgson * A hugely entertaining, devilishly clever and immersive murder mystery * Antonia Hodgson * A hugely entertaining, devilishly clever and immersive murder mystery * Antonia Hodgson *

This is a crime novel for everyone; for those who love traditional mysteries there are clues, codes and ciphers, but it also had a harder edge and a post-war darkness. A brilliant second outing for Persis Wadia * Ann Cleeves * The Da Vinci Code meets post-Independence India. I'd be surprised if I read a better book this year * M.W. Craven * Persis is brave, admirable, complicated and maddening, and is one of the few superlative and original characters emerging from modern literature * On-Magazine * As this charming series continues, readers will be cheering [Persis's] successes * SHOTS * A thoroughly enjoyable yarn, complete with atmospheric setting, intricate puzzle-solving and much derring-do * Mail on Sunday * The second in this excellent series . . . a delicious treat of a historical crime novel * The Observer * Early indications are that Vaseem Khan has struck gold by setting detective novels in 1950s Bombay. And that is why this is a gem of a novel * The Eastern Eye *

This is a crime novel for everyone; for those who love traditional mysteries there are clues, codes and ciphers, but it also had a harder edge and a post-war darkness. A brilliant second outing for Persis Wadia * Ann Cleeves * The Da Vinci Code meets post-Independence India. I'd be surprised if I read a better book this year * M.W. Craven * Persis is brave, admirable, complicated and maddening, and is one of the few superlative and original characters emerging from modern literature * On-Magazine * As this charming series continues, readers will be cheering [Persis's] successes * SHOTS * A thoroughly enjoyable yarn, complete with atmospheric setting, intricate puzzle-solving and much derring-do * Mail on Sunday * The second in this excellent series . . . a delicious treat of a historical crime novel * The Observer * Early indications are that Vaseem Khan has struck gold by setting detective novels in 1950s Bombay. And that is why this is a gem of a novel * The Eastern Eye * A wonderful, pacy, literary mystery * Steve Cavanagh * A hugely entertaining, devilishly clever and immersive murder mystery * Antonia Hodgson * Vaseem Khan is at the height of his powers in The Dying Day . . . First-rate story telling from a first-rate writer * Daily Express Books of the Year, chosen by Imran Mahmood * Reminiscent of some of the classics of crime fiction * Crime Review *

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Vaseem Khan's acclaimed Baby Ganesh Agency crime series won the Shamus Award in the US, with The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra selected by the Sunday Times as one of the 40 best crime novels published 2015-2020, now translated into 16 languages. The first novel in the Malabar House series, Midnight at Malabar House, won the CWA Historical Dagger 2021 and was shortlisted for the Theakstons Crime Novel of the Year Award. Vaseem lives in London.

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