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The Widows of Malabar Hill

By: Sujata Massey
Narrated by: Soneela Nankani
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 Introducing an extraordinary female lawyer-sleuth in a new historical series set in 1920s Bombay! Bombay, 1921: Perveen Mistry, the daughter of a respected Zoroastrian family, has just joined her father's law firm, becoming one of the first female lawyers in India. Armed with a law degree from Oxford, Perveen also has a tragic personal history that makes her especially devoted to championing and protecting women's legal rights. Mistry Law has been appointed to execute the will of Mr. Omar Farid, a wealthy Muslim mill owner who has left three widows behind. But as Perveen is going through the paperwork, she notices something strange: all three of the wives have signed over their full inheritance to a charity. What will they live on if they forfeit what their husband left them? Perveen is suspicious, especially since one of the widows has signed her form with an X-meaning she probably couldn't even read the document. The Farid widows live in full purdah-in strict seclusion, never leaving the women's quarters or speaking to any men. Are they being taken advantage of by an unscrupulous guardian? Perveen tries to investigate, and realizes her instincts about the will were correct when tensions escalate to murder. Now it is her responsibility to figure out what really happened on Malabar Hill, and to ensure that no innocent women or children are in further danger. Inspired in part by a real woman who made history by becoming India's first female lawyer, The Widows of Malabar Hill is a richly wrought story of multicultural 1920s Bombay as well as the debut of a sharp and promising new sleuth, Perveen Mistry.©2018 Sujata Massey (P)2018 Recorded Books Detective Historical International Mystery & Crime Mystery South Asian Creators Traditional Detectives Women Sleuths Marriage Fiction Law
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It was a really good book, the law talk confused me slightly. But eventually it made sense.

Good book, took me a few days to finish

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This seemed unrealistic for the time as the Brits liked to keep everyone else in their place at all times.. . in my colonial experience. The story was very interesting.

The easy way the Indians interacted with the brits………

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An interesting historical fiction story of early 20th century big city Indian life and culture from the perspective of a young female professional. The narrator seems very well suited to this text. Will look out for more books in this series.

Perveen Mistry

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Excellent book! I loved it. It was lovely to see how life was in 1920s in India especially for women

Brilliant read!

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could not stop once I started! perfect mix of mystery and Romance set in an era of Beautiful Bombay

Delightful Listen!

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