It's 1951 and India's first female detective has been sent in disgrace to the Naga Hills, only to find a decapitated politician in a locked room of her hotel.
The third outing for Persis Wadia in the 'Malabar House' series, in post-independence Bombay: an unknown European has been found frozen in Dehra Dun, and there are new murders on his doorste... read more