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Death of a Lesser God
- The Malabar House, Book 4
- Narrated by: Maya Saroya
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
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Summary
In the fourth rip-roaring thriller in the award-winning Malabar House series, Persis and Archie travel to the old colonial capital of Calcutta, where they collide head-on with the prejudices and bloody politics of an era engulfed in flame.
Can a white man receive justice in post-colonial India?
Bombay, 1950
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, the brutal murder of an African-American G.I. during the Calcutta Killings of 1946.
How are the cases connected? If Whitby didn't murder Mazumdar, then who did? And why?
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- Nicola Davies
- 06-10-23
Wonderful series
Loved the characters , setting in India and story line. Narrator is excellent . I’m just hoping there will be another one soon !
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- Simone
- 22-09-23
fascinating tale with many twists
another wonderful Persus story. great historic context and descriptions of locations and characters. the twisting tale we have come to expect circling around Persis. cannot wait for the next book. beautifully read as well.
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- Dee
- 20-10-23
A Very Entertaining Mystery!
Great presentation by the reader of another excellent novel from this author! Fast moving with many twists and turns! Hope there’s more to come!
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- E P
- 17-09-23
Very enjoyable, pity about the language
I’ve read all the previous novels in this series, I immensely enjoy them. This new instalment is ingeniously plotted and well-paced. Just one minor niggle, Ms Khan’s figurative language is convoluted, and some of her similes are strangulated and sounded like a Raymond Chandler novel produced by AI. If she can resist or limit the Philip Marlowe metaphors, the writing would be stronger
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- BridgetFM
- 20-08-23
Tangled web
As complicated as a spiders web! Wonderful witty writing what’s the corn is master of the simile.
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- Isabelle Britten
- 22-08-23
Very enjoyable
I love Vaseem Khan’s stories. I wish the relationship with either Darius or Blackfinch came to something rather than always staying on the edge.
The twist and turns of the story keep you interested.
The reader is very good.
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- SabrinaJ
- 29-02-24
Another excellent novel
Love Persis and Seema. Great narration. Wonderful use of metaphor. Few extra words to meet Audible minimum for reviews blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
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- Rexababy
- 24-03-24
Persis against crime again
Excellent story with inspector Persis on the trail of the criminals again. Beautifully narrated. Very descriptive of the emotions the characters experience and evocative of a fascinating country. Very slightly marred by poor editing in places but you don’t appear to miss anything.
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- Brian
- 10-04-24
Another wonderful addition to the Malabar House series
Another consistent solidly written story by Vaseem Khan, beautifully narrated by the limitless talent of Maya Saroya. I'm looking forward to the next one, and really hoping that someone picks up these books to make a series of movies from them!
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- Mrs V C Dent
- 16-08-23
Vaseem Khan has done it again!
I was really looking forward to Book 4 in the Malabar House series and I wasn’t disappointed. Full of intrigue, twists and turns and and surprises, kept me on my the edge of my seat to the end. In all his books Vaseem brings his characters alive. If you haven’t had the pleasure of reading any of his previous novels, I recommend you give them a try. The Malabar House books can be read as stand alone novels, but to watch the characters and storyline develop, they are better read in order.
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