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Malabar House

Set in 1949 Bombay, Inspector Persis Wadia is India's first female police detective, stationed at the backwater Malabar House precinct. Navigating a newly independent nation's politics and prejudices, she takes on cases that no one else wants — and uncovers truths that powerful people would rather keep buried.

By Vaseem Khan · 5 books · 2020–present

Publication Order

  1. 1
    Midnight at Malabar House
    Midnight at Malabar House (2020)

    On New Year's Eve 1949, India's first female detective investigates the murder of a prominent British diplomat in a case that crosses cultural and political lines.

  2. 2
    The Dying Day
    The Dying Day (2021)

    A priceless six-hundred-year-old manuscript vanishes from the Bombay Asiatic Society, and its guardian is found dead in a locked room.

  3. 3
    The Lost Man of Bombay
    The Lost Man of Bombay (2022)

    A skeleton discovered inside a construction site wall leads Persis into a web of wartime secrets and corporate corruption.

  4. 4
    Death of a Lesser God
    Death of a Lesser God (2023)

    A condemned man's last words send Persis investigating a decade-old murder that exposes the fault lines between India's religious communities.

  5. 5
    City of Destruction
    City of Destruction (2024)

    Persis Wadia confronts a case that threatens to shake the foundations of Bombay's political establishment as India's democracy faces its greatest test.

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