Bombay, New Year's Eve, 1949
As India celebrates the arrival of a momentous new decade, Inspector Persis Wadia stands vigil in the basement of Malabar House, home to the city's most unwanted unit of police officers. Six months after joining the force she remains India's first female police detective, mistrusted, sidelined and now consigned to the midnight shift.
And so, when the phone rings to report the murder of prominent English diplomat Sir James Herriot, the country's most sensational case falls into her lap.
As 1950 dawns and India prepares to become the world's largest republic, Persis, accompanied by Scotland Yard criminalist Archie Blackfinch, finds herself investigating a case that is becoming more political by the second. Navigating a country and society in turmoil, Persis, smart, stubborn and untested in the crucible of male hostility that surrounds her, must find a way to solve the murder - whatever the cost.
This is a great series! Mr Khan writes serious mystery/detective fiction and fun mystery/detective fiction with the same skill. I really enjoy his books. This is the third Malabar House novel I have read. A new one has just been released, hope I can catch it on discount.
I finished White Crime I think the title is due to a great deal of the story taking place in Siberia in early snow season. It was fun though; this entire series is fun.
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