{"product_id":"city-of-destruction-the-gripping-and-unputdownable-new-malabar-house-mystery-9781399707695","title":"City of Destruction: The Gripping and Unputdownable New Malabar House Mystery","description":"\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\u003eCHRIS WHITAKER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Historical fiction at its finest' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eMAIL ON SUNDAY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\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\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/incorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-9164157\"\u003eVaseem Khan\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/29\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781399707695\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1399707698\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/incorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/incorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC022060\"\u003eMystery \u0026amp; Detective | Historical\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/incorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/incorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC050000\"\u003eCrime\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/incorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/incorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC031020\"\u003eThrillers | Historical\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVaseem Khan\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of several award-winning crime series including the Baby Ganesh Agency adventures, set in modern Mumbai, and the Malabar House historical crime novels, set in 1950s Bombay. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis first book, \u003ci\u003eThe Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra\u003c\/i\u003e, was selected by the Sunday Times as one of the 40 best crime novels published in 2015-2020, and has been translated into 17 languages. \u003ci\u003eMidnight at Malabar House\u003c\/i\u003e, the first in the Malabar House series, won the Crime Writers' Association Historical Dagger. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVaseem has won numerous awards for his work, including, most recently, the Fingerprint Award for Historical Crime Novel of the Year for \u003ci\u003eCity of Destruction\u003c\/i\u003e, the fifth in the Malabar House series. Vaseem is also the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Girl in Cell A\u003c\/i\u003e, a psychological thriller set in small town America, and \u003ci\u003eQuantum of Menace\u003c\/i\u003e, the first in a series featuring Q from the world of James Bond.","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53639605125429,"sku":"9781399707695","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0896\/9656\/7605\/files\/9781399707695.jpg?v=1790355365","url":"https:\/\/incorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/city-of-destruction-the-gripping-and-unputdownable-new-malabar-house-mystery-9781399707695","provider":"Indiana Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}