The Bombay Prince is the third book in the Perveen Mistry series by award-winning British-born American author, Sujata Massey. Historical mysteries don't get any better than this.

'Simply put, The Satapur Moonstone is a flawless gem. When Freny's death is indeed ruled a murder, Perveen knows she can't rest until she sees justice done. But she's horrified by the death of Freny Cuttingmaster, an eighteen-year-old student, who falls from a second-floor gallery just as the prince's grand procession is passing by her college.įreny had come for a legal consultation just days before her death, and what she confided makes Perveen suspect that her death was not an accident. The Indian subcontinent is chafing under British rule, and India's only female lawyer, Perveen Mistry, isn't surprised when local unrest spirals into riots. Edward VIII, Prince of Wales and future ruler of India, is arriving in Bombay to begin a four-month tour. Bright and brilliantly aware.' - The Maitland Mercury on The Satapur Moonstone But Bombay is erupting: as armed British secret service march the streets, rioters attack anyone with perceived British connections and desperate shopkeepers destroy their own wares so they will not be targets of racial violence.'Massey has created the best gumshoe of them all - the utterly wonderful, exceptional, Perveen Mistry. When Freny’s death is ruled a murder, Perveen knows she can’t rest until she sees justice done.

Feeling guilty for failing to have helped Freny in life, Perveen steps forward to assist Freny’s family in the fraught dealings of the coroner’s inquest. But she’s horrified by the death of Freny Cuttingmaster, an eighteen-year-old female Parsi student, who falls from a second-floor gallery just as the prince’s grand procession is passing by her college.įreny had come for a legal consultation just days before her death, and what she confided makes Perveen suspicious that her death was not an accident. The Indian subcontinent is chafing under British rule, and Bombay solicitor Perveen Mistry isn’t surprised when local unrest over the royal arrival spirals into riots. Edward VIII, Prince of Wales and future ruler of India, is arriving in Bombay to begin a fourmonth tour. Sujata Massey is back with this third installment to the Agatha and Mary Higgins Clark Award-winning series set in 1920s Bombay. India’s only female lawyer, Perveen Mistry, is compelled to bring justice to the family of a murdered female Parsi student just as Bombay’s streets erupt in riots to protest British colonial rule. The Widows of Malabar Hill, November 2018įantasy Historical | Mystery Private Eye | Thriller

The Bombay Prince by Sujata Massey