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Death of a Lesser God

The Malabar House, Book 4

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Death of a Lesser God

By: Vaseem Khan
Narrated by: Maya Saroya
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In the fourth rip-roaring thriller in the award-winning Malabar House series, Persis and Archie travel to the old colonial capital of Calcutta, where they collide head-on with the prejudices and bloody politics of an era engulfed in flame.

Can a white man receive justice in post-colonial India?

Bombay, 1950

James Whitby, sentenced to death for the murder of prominent lawyer and former Quit India activist Fareed Mazumdar, is less than two weeks from a date with the gallows. In a last-ditch attempt to save his son, Whitby's father, arch-colonialist, Charles Whitby, forces a new investigation into the killing.

The investigation leads Inspector Persis Wadia of the Bombay Police to the old colonial capital of Calcutta, where, with the help of Scotland Yard criminalist Archie Blackfinch, she uncovers a possible link to a second case, the brutal murder of an African-American G.I. during the Calcutta Killings of 1946.

How are the cases connected? If Whitby didn't murder Mazumdar, then who did? And why?

©2023 Vaseem Khan (P)2023 Hodder & Stoughton Limited Historical International Mystery & Crime Mystery Thriller & Suspense Fiction Crime Murder Suspense

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fascinating tale with many twists

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Loved the characters , setting in India and story line. Narrator is excellent . I’m just hoping there will be another one soon !

Wonderful series

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Great presentation by the reader of another excellent novel from this author! Fast moving with many twists and turns! Hope there’s more to come!

A Very Entertaining Mystery!

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all of it and all of the series so far. Looking forward to the next book. Thanks again to everyone for a great listen.

super

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I’ve read all the previous novels in this series, I immensely enjoy them. This new instalment is ingeniously plotted and well-paced. Just one minor niggle, Ms Khan’s figurative language is convoluted, and some of her similes are strangulated and sounded like a Raymond Chandler novel produced by AI. If she can resist or limit the Philip Marlowe metaphors, the writing would be stronger

Very enjoyable, pity about the language

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As complicated as a spiders web! Wonderful witty writing what’s the corn is master of the simile.

Tangled web

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Yet another great story with likeable, gutsy Persis. Fascinating way to learn the history of post Colonial India and crazy way of life in India.

Love the characters

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This book is a must for anyone who appreciates a good whodunit without being obviously led to the conclusion. Those are no fun.
Persis is put into situations that are frankly scary for us normal scaredy cats but seem right for her.
I wish the poor girl well on her next outing

Wholly believable

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I love Vaseem Khan’s stories. I wish the relationship with either Darius or Blackfinch came to something rather than always staying on the edge.
The twist and turns of the story keep you interested.
The reader is very good.

Very enjoyable

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Love Persis and Seema. Great narration. Wonderful use of metaphor. Few extra words to meet Audible minimum for reviews blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah

Another excellent novel

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