{"product_id":"city-of-destruction-the-gripping-and-unputdownable-new-malabar-house-mystery-hardcover","title":"City of Destruction: The Gripping and Unputdownable New Malabar House Mystery - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVaseem Khan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Vaseem Khan writes with charm and wit, and an eye for detail that transports the reader entirely. I couldn't love this series more' \u003c\/b\u003eCHRIS WHITAKER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Historical fiction at its finest' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eMAIL ON SUNDAY\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the award-winning author of MIDNIGHT AT MALABAR HOUSE and THE LOST MAN OF BOMBAY comes a brilliant new mystery featuring the inimitable Persis Wadia.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBombay, 1951.\u003c\/b\u003e A political rally ends in tragedy when India's first female police detective, Persis Wadia, kills a lone gunman as he attempts to assassinate the divisive new defence minister, a man calling for war with India's new post-Independence neighbours. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With the Malabar House team tasked to hunt down the assassin's co-conspirators - aided by agents from Britain's MI6 security service - Persis is quickly relegated to the sidelines. But then she is given a second case, the burned body of an unidentified white man found on a Bombay beach. As she pursues both investigations - with and without official sanction - she soon finds herself headed to the country's capital, New Delhi, a city where ancient and modern India openly clash. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Meanwhile, Persis's colleague, Scotland Yard criminalist Archie Blackfinch, lies in a hospital fighting for his life as all around him the country tears itself apart in the prelude to war...\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVaseem Khan's\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eacclaimed Baby Ganesh Agency crime series won the Shamus Award in the US, with \u003ci\u003eThe Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra \u003c\/i\u003eselected 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, \u003ci\u003eMidnight at Malabar House\u003c\/i\u003e, won the CWA Historical Dagger 2021 and was shortlisted for the Theakstons Crime Novel of the Year Award. Vaseem lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.17 x 9.41 x 6.45 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 04, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53551008186675,"sku":"9781399707657","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/city-of-destruction-the-gripping-and-unputdownable-new-malabar-house-mystery-hardcover","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}