{"product_id":"city-of-destruction-6-malabar-house","title":"City of Destruction #5 Malabar House","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Vaseem Khan writes with charm and wit, and an eye for detail that transports the reader entirely. I couldn't love this series more'\u003c\/b\u003e CHRIS WHITAKER\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Historical fiction at its finest'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eMAIL ON SUNDAY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eFrom the award-winning author of MIDNIGHT AT MALABAR HOUSE and THE LOST MAN OF BOMBAY comes a brilliant new mystery featuring the inimitable Persis Wadia.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eBombay, 1951.\u003c\/b\u003e A political rally ends in tragedy when India's first female police detective, Persis Wadia, kills a lone gunman as he attempts to assassinate the divisive new defence minister, a man calling for war with India's new post-Independence neighbours.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e With the Malabar House team tasked to hunt down the assassin's co-conspirators - aided by agents from Britain's MI6 security service - Persis is quickly relegated to the sidelines. But then she is given a second case, the burned body of an unidentified white man found on a Bombay beach. As she pursues both investigations - with and without official sanction - she soon finds herself headed to the country's capital, New Delhi, a city where ancient and modern India openly clash.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Meanwhile, Persis's colleague, Scotland Yard criminalist Archie Blackfinch, lies in a hospital fighting for his life as all around him the country tears itself apart in the prelude to war...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"City of Destruction #6 Malabar House","offer_id":45134710669509,"sku":null,"price":36.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/978-1-3997-0769-5.jpg?v=1758856385","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/city-of-destruction-6-malabar-house","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}