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Bombay, 1949. È la sera di Capodanno e in tutta la città si celebra la fine del decennio più turbolento della storia dell'India: gli inglesi se ne sono andati e il paese è finalmente indipendente. Quando il telefono squilla è perciò lei a ritrovarsi per le mani un caso a dir poco delicato: sir James Herriot, noto diplomatico e uomo d'affari, è stato pugnalato a morte durante un ballo in maschera che vedeva riunito nella sua villa il bel mondo cittadino.

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A political rally ends in tragedy when Persis kills a lone gunman as he attempts to assassinate India's divisive Home Minister, a man calling for war with neighbouring Pakistan. With the Malabar House team tasked to hunt down his co-conspirators, Persis is given a second case when the burned body of an unidentified white man is found on a Bombay beach. Meanwhile, Scotland Yard criminalist Archie Blackfinch, lies in a hospital fighting for his life, as all around him the country tears itself apart as a prelude to war...

'Complex, completely convincing characters and twist you'll never guess' ALEX MICHAELIDES 'Beautifully structured and peopled with unforgettable characters this is story-telling of the highest order: do not miss it' DAILY MAIL THE WORLD KNOWS HER AS THE GIRL IN CELL A. Convicted of murder at...

James Whitby, sentenced to death for the murder of prominent lawyer and former Quit India activist Fareed Mazumdar, is less than two weeks from a date with the gallows. In a last-ditch attempt to save his son, Whitby's father, arch-colonialist, Charles Whitby, forces a new investigation into the killing. The investigation leads Inspector Persis Wadia of the Bombay Police to the old colonial capital of Calcutta, where, with the help of Scotland Yard criminalist Archie Blackfinch, she uncovers a possible link to a second case.

Ausgerechnet am Tag seiner Pensionierung passieren im Umfeld von Inspektor Chopra mysteriöse Dinge: Chopra wird mit dem Ertrinkungstod eines kleinen Jungen konfrontiert, um den sich niemand zu kümmern scheint. Zudem findet er ein verlassenes Elefantenbaby, welchem er sich annimmt. Für Inspector Chopra beginnt eine aufregende Jagd nach dem Kindsmörder durch Mumbay, bei welcher er nicht nur einmal überrascht wird.

The monsoon has started and as Bombay grapples with rain-induced chaos, a new case arrives at Malabar House. A man has been found frozen in the foothills of the Himalayas, near the town of Dehra Dun, his face crushed. The case is handed to the unflappable Inspector Persis Wadia and the man is christened 'The Ice Man' by the national media. Who is he? How long has he been there? Why was he killed?

The second brilliant novel in the highly acclaimed Malabar House series featuring Persis Wadia, India's first female police detective. A priceless manuscript. A missing scholar. A trail of riddles. Bombay, 1950 For over a century, one of the world's great treasures, a six-hundred-year-old copy...

As India celebrates the arrival of a momentous new decade, Inspector Persis Wadia stands vigil in the basement of Malabar House, home to the city's most unwanted unit of police officers. Six months after joining the force she remains India's first female police detective, mistrusted, sidelined and now consigned to the midnight shift. And so, when the phone rings to report the murder of prominent English diplomat Sir James Herriot, the country's most sensational case falls into her lap.

In a symbolic journey of reconciliation, the Monsoon Express is travelling between hostile neighbours India and Pakistan. The passenger list includes politicians, celebrities, former Mumbai policeman Inspector Chopra and his baby elephant ward, Ganesha. Then a senior diplomat is found murdered in his cabin. Accusations fly, tensions rise and an international incident seems certain. But is the murder political - or personal?

The Premier No.1 Garage is the place to go in Mumbai if you want a luxury car. Even Mumbai's biggest gangster shops there - he's just ordered a classic race car worth millions. But now the car is gone. Stolen from a locked room in the middle of the night. Who stole it? The mechanic who is addicted to gambling? The angry ex-worker? The car thief pulling off one last job? And how on earth did they make it vanish from the locked garage? Inspector Chopra has just days to find the culprit - and the missing car - before its gangster owner finds out...and takes violent revenge.

The Parsees are among the oldest, most secretive and most influential communities in the city: respected, envied and sometimes feared. When prominent industrialist Cyrus Zorabian is murdered on holy ground, his body dumped inside a Tower of Silence - where the Parsee dead are consumed by vultures - the police dismiss it as a random killing. But his daughter is unconvinced. Chopra, uneasy at entering this world of power and privilege, is soon plagued by doubts about the case. But murder is murder.

Diamanten für den Elefanten. Zum ersten Mal seit Langem werden die britischen Kronjuwelen wieder in Indien ausgestellt. Ausgerechnet am Tag, als Inspector Chopra das Museum in Mumbai besucht, geschieht jedoch das Undenkbare: Die Krone von Königin Victoria mitsamt dem berühmten Koh-I-Noor-Diamanten wird gestohlen. Der Juwelenraub sorgt sofort für eine aufgeheizte politische Stimmung. Inspector Chopra weiß, dass der Diamant so schnell wie möglich gefunden werden muss und begibt sich zusammen mit seinem Schützling, Jungelefant Ganesha, auf Spurensuche.