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In the fourth rip-roaring thriller in the award-winning Malabar House series, Persis and Archie travel to the old colonial capital of Calcutta, where they collide head-on with the prejudices and bloody politics of an era engulfed in flame.

'A sumptuous, brutal, heart-stopping thriller. Vaseem Khan writes with charm and wit,…

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The setting of 1950 Bombay is a time and place I knew little about, and I found it fascinating. I love mysteries, and this one was complex and sophisticated.

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