A Vish Puri Mystery by
Tarquin Hall
My rating:
4 of 5 stars
Vish Puri is one of the best PI in Dehli and most probably in all of the subcontinent of India. Or at least he thinks so. He is diligent, successful and discrete. One of his motto is " Confidence is my watch word."
A well known lawyer comes to Puri and tells him that he is being accused of murdering a maid that had left his employ a few months ago. He denies any guilt and indeed has an alibi. But this is India after all and he doesn't want to divulge it in order to protect his family. He is a family man even though he likes a little take out on the side.
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The very morning that Puri is beginning his investigation he takes his usual trip to the roof where he communes with his plants and he is almost killed by a sniper. Vish Puri becaomes a very busy man but his operatives with such nicknames as Facecream, Tubelight, Handbrake help him keep many irons in the fire.
Hall gives use a wonderful view of the panoply that is Dehli. His characters transmit the cadence of the language that is distinctly Indian and it is very easy for the reader to take a vicarious trip to this amazing country.
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