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Bombay’s only female solicitor, Perveen Mistry, grapples with class divisions, sexism, and complex family dynamics as she seeks justice for a mistreated young woman in this thrilling fourth installment in Sujata Massey’s award-winning series.

India, 1922: Perveen Mistry is the only female lawyer in Bombay, a city where child mortality…

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1 author picked The Mistress of Bhatia House as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

The Author’s deep empathy for Bombay’s lower classes, the servants and vendors, and ayahs, the women who silently care for their employer’s family is apparent in this emotional story. Pervin Mistry is a delightful lady lawyer encumbered by the restrictions of the time, and an awkward relationship in her past.

I need to read each book as soon as it comes out!

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