Book Description

Portly, perceptive and spectacularly moustachioed, India’s finest private detective, Vish Puri, tackles his most difficult case to date in the long-awaited return of Tarquin Hall’s delightful humorous whodunit series set in New Delhi. “Vish Puri is the Indian Poirot” Financial Times“A wonderfully engaging PI” The Times“Vish Puri [is] a Punjabi Sherlock Holmes” The GuardianWhen Vish Puri, India’s Most Private Detective, learns he’s won thelong-coveted International Detective of the Year award, it’s supposed tobe a secret. But within hours, it seems all of Delhi knows – and hisindomitable Mummy-ji announces she’ll be coming with him to the ceremony inLondon, never mind that she’s not been invited. To add to his woes, a senior government bureaucratgives him an undercover mission he can’t refuse. Puri is tasked with trackingdown India’s most-wanted a billionaire pharmaceutical fraudstercodenamed Bombay Duck, who’s rumoured to be hiding in the British capital. Puri’s only spending a week in London . . . andhe’s already promised his wife he won’t work during their once-in-a-lifetime trip. In desperation, he enlists the help of hisreluctant nephew Jags and dives headfirst into the case. But can Puri hook theBombay Duck and bring him to justice – all the while keeping his investigationssecret from his wife and meddling mother? Packed with the sights, sounds and flavours of both New Delhi and London, author Tarquin Hall – who divides his time between India and the UK – delivers an irresistible read for fans of Alexander McCall Smith, Harini Nagendra and Jesse Sutanto.