Perveen uncovers 'a mysterious affair' involving the death of a dowager, the kidnapping of a maharaja, a missing moonstone, and her own closed-off heart.' I recommend this series to fans of the Maisie Dobbs series by Jacqueline Winspear.' 'One of my new favorite historical mystery series is written by Sujata Massey and centers on Perveen Mistry, the only female lawyer in Bombay and one of the first women to practice law in India. Perveen, whose aim is to help women and children, continues to engage us, thereby ensuring a long-running series.' Winner of the Lefty Award for Best Historical Mystery Novel 2020įinalist for the 2020 Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryĪn Amazon Best Book of the Month for May 2019Ī Book Riot Read or Dead Most Anticipated Mystery Novel of 2019Ī CrimeReads Most Anticipated Crime & Mystery Novel of 2019Ī CrimeReads Best Historical Crime Novel of 2019Ī BookBub Most Anticipated Mystery Novel of 2019Ī Goodreads Most Anticipated Mysteries and Thrillers of Spring But whose? And how can she protect the royal children from the palace's deadly curse?įinalist for the 2020 Sue Grafton Memorial Award Too late, she realizes she has walked into a trap. Perveen is determined to bring peace to the royal house and make a sound recommendation for the young prince's future, but she arrives to find that the Satapur palace is full of cold-blooded power plays and ancient vendettas. Just one person can help them: Perveen Mistry, Bombay's only female lawyer.

However, the maharanis live in purdah and do not speak to men. The royal ladies are in a dispute over the education of the young crown prince, and a lawyer's counsel is required.

The state is now ruled by an agent of the British Raj on behalf of Satapur's two maharanis, the dowager queen and her daughter-in-law. A curse seems to have fallen upon Satapur's royal family, whose maharaja died of a sudden illness shortly before his teenage son was struck down in a tragic hunting accident. India, 1922: It is rainy season in the lush, remote Sahyadri mountains, where the princely state of Satapur is tucked away. Description The highly anticipated follow-up to the critically acclaimed novel The Widows of Malabar Hill.

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