Portly, perceptive, and spectacularly moustachioed, Indias finest private detective, Vish Puri, tackles his most difficult case to date, in Tarquin Halls delightful humorous whodunit series set in New Delhi.
For Vish Puri, Indias most private detective, the news that he has won the long-coveted International Detective of the Year award, to be presented in a glitzy ceremony in London, makes this the best day of his life.
But to his deep dismay, a senior bureaucrat from the Ministry of Finance gives him a secret mission he cant refuse: to track down Indias most-wanted fugitive. Dr. Bhatts medicines caused the deaths of hundreds, and the billionaire fraudstercode named the Bombay Duckfled for the United Kingdom before he could be arrested.
Puri is only spending a week in London. He has never set foot in the UK before. And most important of all, he has already promised his wife that he wont do any work while theyre away.
Theres only one solution: lie, lie, lie.
Puri dives headfirst into the case, in between visiting all the tourist sites, aided and abetted by his formidable, meddling Mummy-ji, whom Puri definitely did not invite to join them. But can Puri hook the Bombay Duck and bring him to justice before the fugitives many enemies get to him first?
Packed with the sights, sounds, and flavors of both New Delhi and London, this is an irresistible listen for fans of Alexander McCall Smith, Harini Nagendra, and Jesse Sutanto from an author who divides his time between India and the United Kingdom.
