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Hodder & Stoughton

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Review This is a crime novel for everyone; for those who love traditional mysteries there are clues, codes and ciphers, but it also had a harder edge and a post-war darkness. A brilliant second outing for Persis Wadia Ann CleevesThe Da Vinci Code meets post-Independence India. Id be surprised if I read a better book this year M.W. CravenPersis is brave, admirable, complicated and maddening, and is one of the few superlative and original characters emerging from modern literature On-MagazineAs this charming series continues, readers will be cheering [Persiss] successes SHOTSA thoroughly enjoyable yarn, complete with atmospheric setting, intricate puzzle-solving and much derring-do Mail on SundayThe second in this excellent series . . . a delicious treat of a historical crime novel The ObserverEarly indications are that Vaseem Khan has struck gold by setting detective novels in 1950s Bombay. And that is why this is a gem of a novel The Eastern EyeA wonderful, pacy, literary mystery Steve CavanaghA hugely entertaining, devilishly clever and immersive murder mystery Antonia HodgsonVaseem Khan is at the height of his powers in The Dying Day . . . First-rate story telling from a first-rate writer Daily Express Books of the Year, chosen by Imran MahmoodReminiscent of some of the classics of crime fiction Crime Review The Da Vinci Code meets post-Independence India. Id be surprised if I read a better book this year M. W. CRAVENThis is a crime novel for everyone; for those who love traditional mysteries there are clues, codes and ciphers, but it also had a harder edge and a post-war darkness. Brilliant ANN CLEEVESA priceless manuscript. A missing scholar. A trail of riddles.For over a century, one of the worlds great treasures, a six-hundred-year-old copy of Dantes The Divine Comedy, has been safely housed at Bombays Asiatic Society. But when it vanishes, together with the man charged with its care, British scholar and war hero, John Healy, the case lands on Inspector Persis Wadias desk. Uncovering a series of complex riddles written in verse, Persis - together with English forensic scientist Archie Blackfinch - is soon on the trail. But then they discover the first body. As the death toll mounts it becomes evident that someone else is also pursuing this priceless artefact and will stop at nothing to possess it . . .Harking back to an era of darkness, this second thriller in the Malabar House series pits Persis, once again, against her peers, a changing India, and an evil of limitless intent. Gripping, immersive, and full of Vaseem Khans trademark wit, this is historical fiction at its finest.A delicious treat of a historical crime novel OBSERVERThoroughly enjoyable DAILY MAIL*** Book one in this series, Midnight at Malabar House, won the CWA Sapere Books Historical Dagger and is an international ebook bestseller. ***A wonderful, pacy, literary mystery with a brilliant female protagonist. Vaseem writes books that are good for the soul STEVE CAVANAGHA hugely entertaining, devilishly clever and immersive murder mystery. Inspector Persis Wadia is a brilliant creation and The Dying Day is a triumph. This is my favourite new crime series, and I cant recommend it highly enough. Treat yourself! ANTONIA HODGSONIn The Dying Day, Vaseem Khan paints an extraordinarily vivid picture of a Bombay in 1950 still reeling from the aftermath of Partition and suffering the legacy of Empire. Every single element of this complex and compelling story slots together perfectly in the most brilliant and gripping of riddles ... A masterclass in historical crime fiction CHRIS LLOYD About the Author Vaseem Khan is the author of two crime series set in India: the Baby Ganesh Agency series, and the Malabar House historical crime novels. His first book, The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra, was a Times bestseller and has been translated into 15 languages. In 2018, he was awarded the Easter