![]() ![]() “Fascinating detail about life in 1920s Bombay combines with a clever mystery to make this a pleasure to read. ![]() Lisa Wright, Oblong Books And Music,LLC., Millerton, NY Winter 2018 Reading Group Indie Next List The backstory is disturbing in how the law favored even abusive men over women. When their house agent is murdered, the male police are stymied by the women's inaccessibility. She becomes essential when the law firm needs to interview three widows living in full purdah, secluded from the world in general and men in particular. But Perveen Mistry has the support of her lawyer father and is educated as a lawyer, as very few women are in this time and place. “This is a harrowing story - and the mystery is great, too! Life for a single woman in Bombay in 1916 is fraught. ![]()
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