<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[author results for "Massey, Sujata"]]></title><description><![CDATA[author results for "Massey, Sujata"]]></description><link>https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/chpl/rss/search?query=%22Massey%2C%20Sujata%22&amp;searchType=author&amp;view=grouped</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 23:04:43 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[The Pearl Diver]]></title><description><![CDATA[Antiques dealer and part-time sleuth Rei Shimura finds herself investigating a link between the disappearances of her cousin and a war bride who went missing thirty years earlier]]></description><link>https://chpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S92C1213074</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S92C1213074</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Massey, Sujata]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://chpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1213074092</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Rei Shimura Mystery</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780066212968/MC.GIF&amp;client=chplp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Star From Calcutta]]></title><description><![CDATA["India, 1922: Perveen Mistry, the only female lawyer in Bombay, has secured her biggest client yet: Champa Films, a movie studio run by director Subhas Ghoshal and his wife, Rochana, the biggest name in Indian cinema. In the public eye, Rochana is notorious for her beauty and her daring stunts--behind the scenes, she has recently left the studio in Calcutta that made her famous, and the studio owner is enraged by what he claims is a breach of contract. Rochana needs Perveen's legal help to extricate Champa Films from the impending controversy. To study Rochana's glamorous world, Perveen attends a special screening and brings her film fanatic best friend, Alice Hobson-Jones. But in the aftermath of the event, one of the guests is found dead, and to make matters worse, Rochana has disappeared. To protect her clients, Perveen begins to investigate the developing murder case, peeling back the glitz to reveal a salacious web of blackmail, deceit, and romantic affairs. For the first time in their friendship, Alice seems to be keeping a secret from Perveen. Is she hiding key information about the night of the murder? Will Perveen be able to detangle the truth from lies while protecting herself--and her closest friend?"  Provided by publisher]]></description><link>https://chpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S92C1694060</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S92C1694060</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Massey, Sujata]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://chpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1694060092</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Perveen Mistry Mystery</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781641295093/MC.GIF&amp;client=chplp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Widows of Malabar Hill]]></title><description><![CDATA["Introducing an extraordinary female lawyer-sleuth in a new historical series set in 1920s Bombay! Bombay, 1921: Perveen Mistry, the daughter of a respected Zoroastrian family, has just joined her father's law firm, becoming one of the first female lawyers in India. Armed with a law degree from Oxford, Perveen also has a tragic personal history that makes her especially devoted to championing and protecting women's legal rights. Mistry Law has been appointed to execute the will of Mr. Omar Farid, a wealthy Muslim mill owner who has left three widows behind. But as Perveen is going through the paperwork, she notices something strange: all three of the wives have signed over their full inheritance to a charity. What will they live on if they forfeit what their husband left them? Perveen is suspicious, especially since one of the widows has signed her form with an X--meaning she probably couldn't even read the document. The Farid widows live in full purdah--in strict seclusion, never leaving the women's quarters or speaking to any men. Are they being taken advantage of by an unscrupulous guardian? Perveen tries to investigate, and realizes her instincts about the will were correct when tensions escalate to murder. Now it is her responsibility to figure out what really happened on Malabar Hill, and to ensure that no innocent women or children are in further danger. Inspired in part by a real woman who made history by becoming India's first female lawyer, The Widows of Malabar Hill is a richly wrought story of multicultural 1920s Bombay as well as the debut of a sharp and promising new sleuth, Perveen Mistry"-- Provided by publisher]]></description><link>https://chpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S92C1461513</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S92C1461513</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Massey, Sujata]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://chpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1461513092</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Perveen Mistry Mystery</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781616957780/MC.GIF&amp;client=chplp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Widows of Malabar Hill]]></title><description><![CDATA["Introducing an extraordinary female lawyer-sleuth in a new historical series set in 1920s Bombay! Bombay, 1921: Perveen Mistry, the daughter of a respected Zoroastrian family, has just joined her father's law firm, becoming one of the first female lawyers in India. Armed with a law degree from Oxford, Perveen also has a tragic personal history that makes her especially devoted to championing and protecting women's legal rights. Mistry Law has been appointed to execute the will of Mr. Omar Farid, a wealthy Muslim mill owner who has left three widows behind. But as Perveen is going through the paperwork, she notices something strange: all three of the wives have signed over their full inheritance to a charity. What will they live on if they forfeit what their husband left them? Perveen is suspicious, especially since one of the widows has signed her form with an X--meaning she probably couldn't even read the document. The Farid widows live in full purdah--in strict seclusion, never leaving the women's quarters or speaking to any men. Are they being taken advantage of by an unscrupulous guardian? Perveen tries to investigate, and realizes her instincts about the will were correct when tensions escalate to murder. Now it is her responsibility to figure out what really happened on Malabar Hill, and to ensure that no innocent women or children are in further danger. Inspired in part by a real woman who made history by becoming India's first female lawyer, The Widows of Malabar Hill is a richly wrought story of multicultural 1920s Bombay as well as the debut of a sharp and promising new sleuth, Perveen Mistry"-- Provided by publisher]]></description><link>https://chpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S92C1470457</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S92C1470457</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Massey, Sujata]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://chpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1470457092</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A Perveen Mistry Mystery</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781616957797/MC.GIF&amp;client=chplp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Widows of Malabar Hill]]></title><description><![CDATA["Introducing an extraordinary female lawyer-sleuth in a new historical series set in 1920s Bombay! Bombay, 1921: Perveen Mistry, the daughter of a respected Zoroastrian family, has just joined her father's law firm, becoming one of the first female lawyers in India. Armed with a law degree from Oxford, Perveen also has a tragic personal history that makes her especially devoted to championing and protecting women's legal rights. Mistry Law has been appointed to execute the will of Mr. Omar Farid, a wealthy Muslim mill owner who has left three widows behind. But as Perveen is going through the paperwork, she notices something strange: all three of the wives have signed over their full inheritance to a charity. What will they live on if they forfeit what their husband left them? Perveen is suspicious, especially since one of the widows has signed her form with an X--meaning she probably couldn't even read the document. The Farid widows live in full purdah--in strict seclusion, never leaving the women's quarters or speaking to any men. Are they being taken advantage of by an unscrupulous guardian? Perveen tries to investigate, and realizes her instincts about the will were correct when tensions escalate to murder. Now it is her responsibility to figure out what really happened on Malabar Hill, and to ensure that no innocent women or children are in further danger. Inspired in part by a real woman who made history by becoming India's first female lawyer, The Widows of Malabar Hill is a richly wrought story of multicultural 1920s Bombay as well as the debut of a sharp and promising new sleuth, Perveen Mistry"--Provided by the publisher]]></description><link>https://chpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S92C1480727</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S92C1480727</guid><category><![CDATA[LPRINT]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Massey, Sujata]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://chpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1480727092</comments><format>LPRINT</format><subtitle>A Perveen Mistry Mystery</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781432847845/MC.GIF&amp;client=chplp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Typhoon Lover]]></title><description><![CDATA[Interviewing for a mysterious job opportunity, antiques dealer Rei Shimura undertakes the task of finding and authenticating an ancient Middle Eastern pitcher that has disappeared from Iraq's national museum, an endeavor that is complicated by a passionate Japanese collector and a typhoon. 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Perveen is attending a lavish fundraiser for a new women's hospital specializing in maternal health issues when she witnesses an accident. The grandson of an influential Gujarati businessman catches fire-but a servant, his young ayah, Sunanda, rushes to save him, selflessly putting herself in harm's way.  Later, Perveen learns that Sunanda, who's still ailing from her burns, has been arrested on trumped-up charges made by a man who doesn't seem to exist. Perveen cannot stand by while Sunanda languishes in jail with no hope of justice. She takes Sunanda as a client, even inviting her to live at the Mistry home in Bombay's Dadar Parsi colony. But the joint family household is already full of tension. Perveen's father worries about their law firm taking so much personal responsibility for a client, and her brother and sister-in-law are struggling to cope with their new baby. Perveen herself is going through personal turmoil as she navigates a taboo relationship with a handsome former civil service officer. When the hospital's chief donor dies suddenly, Miriam Penkar, a Jewish-Indian obstetrician, and Sunanda become suspects. Perveen's original case spirals into a complex investigation taking her into the Gujarati strongholds of Kalbadevi and Ghatkopar, and up the coast to Juhu Beach, where a decadent nawab lives with his Australian trophy wife. Then a second fire erupts, and Perveen realizes how much is at stake. Has someone powerful framed Sunanda to cover up another crime? Will Perveen be able to prove Sunanda's innocence without endangering her own family?"-- Provided by publisher]]></description><link>https://chpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S92C1663736</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S92C1663736</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Massey, Sujata]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://chpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1663736092</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Perveen Mistry Mystery</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781641293297/MC.GIF&amp;client=chplp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Mistress of Bhatia House]]></title><description><![CDATA["India, 1922: Perveen Mistry is the only female lawyer in Bombay, a city where child mortality is high, birth control is unavailable and very few women have ever seen a doctor. Perveen is attending a lavish fundraiser for a new women's hospital specializing in maternal health issues when she witnesses an accident. The grandson of an influential Gujarati businessman catches fire-but a servant, his young ayah, Sunanda, rushes to save him, selflessly putting herself in harm's way.  Later, Perveen learns that Sunanda, who's still ailing from her burns, has been arrested on trumped-up charges made by a man who doesn't seem to exist. Perveen cannot stand by while Sunanda languishes in jail with no hope of justice. She takes Sunanda as a client, even inviting her to live at the Mistry home in Bombay's Dadar Parsi colony. But the joint family household is already full of tension. Perveen's father worries about their law firm taking so much personal responsibility for a client, and her brother and sister-in-law are struggling to cope with their new baby. Perveen herself is going through personal turmoil as she navigates a taboo relationship with a handsome former civil service officer. When the hospital's chief donor dies suddenly, Miriam Penkar, a Jewish-Indian obstetrician, and Sunanda become suspects. Perveen's original case spirals into a complex investigation taking her into the Gujarati strongholds of Kalbadevi and Ghatkopar, and up the coast to Juhu Beach, where a decadent nawab lives with his Australian trophy wife. Then a second fire erupts, and Perveen realizes how much is at stake. Has someone powerful framed Sunanda to cover up another crime? Will Perveen be able to prove Sunanda's innocence without endangering her own family?"  Provided by publisher]]></description><link>https://chpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S92C1665157</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S92C1665157</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Massey, Sujata]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://chpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1665157092</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A Perveen Mistry Mystery</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781641293303/MC.GIF&amp;client=chplp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Satapur Moonstone]]></title><description><![CDATA["India, 1922: It is rainy season in the lush, remote Sahyadri mountains, where the kingdom of Satapur is tucked away. A curse seems to have fallen upon Satapur's royal family, whose maharaja died of a sudden illness shortly before his teenage son was struck down in a tragic accident. The kingdom is now ruled by an agent of the British Raj on behalf of Satapur's two maharanis, the dowager queen and the maharaja's widow. The royal ladies are in dispute over the education of the young crown prince, and a lawyer's council is required--but the maharanis live in purdah and do not speak to men. Just one person can help them: Perveen Mistry, India's only female lawyer.  Perveen is determined to bring peace to the royal house and make a sound recommendation for the young prince's future, but knows she is breaking a rule by traveling alone as a woman into the remote countryside.  And she arrives to find that the Satapur palace is full of cold-blooded power plays and ancient vendettas. Too late, she realizes she has walked into a trap.  But whose? And how can she protect the royal children from the palace's deadly curse?"-- Provided by publisher]]></description><link>https://chpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S92C1536179</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S92C1536179</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Massey, Sujata]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://chpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1536179092</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A Perveen Mistry Mystery</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781616959104/MC.GIF&amp;client=chplp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Sleeping Dictionary]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kamala, a young peasant woman from West Bengal is drawn into a forbidden romance in 1930s Calcutta and is caught between the country's independence movement and the British colonial 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GMT</pubDate><comments>https://chpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1265930092</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Rei Shimura Mystery</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780727866011/MC.GIF&amp;client=chplp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Girl in A Box]]></title><description><![CDATA[Taking a freelance assignment from a Washington, D.C., agency with possible ties to the CIA, Japanese-American investigator Rei Shimura goes undercover as a clerk in a big Tokyo department store to unmask a killer]]></description><link>https://chpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S92C1241791</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S92C1241791</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Massey, Sujata]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2006 00:00:00 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Mystery</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780060192297/MC.GIF&amp;client=chplp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Flower Master]]></title><description><![CDATA[Family secrets come to haunt half-American, half-Japanese Rei Shimura, a Tokyo antiques dealer, when she attempts to reveal the murderer of her instructor in ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arranging]]></description><link>https://chpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S92C1148483</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S92C1148483</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Massey, Sujata]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 1998 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://chpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1148483092</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Rei Shimua 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Mystery</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780061044441/MC.GIF&amp;client=chplp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Salaryman's Wife]]></title><description><![CDATA[During a sightseeing trip, Rei Shimura, a young Japanese-American English teacher living in Tokyo, stumbles upon the body of the wife of a powerful businessman and turns sleuth to solve the crime, crashing a funeral, masquerading as a bar girl, and pursued by police in her search for clues]]></description><link>https://chpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S92C1141006</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S92C1141006</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Massey, Sujata]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 1997 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://chpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1141006092</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Rei Shimua Mystery</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780061044434/MC.GIF&amp;client=chplp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Bombay Prince]]></title><description><![CDATA["November, 1921. Edward VIII, Prince of Wales and future ruler of India, is arriving in Bombay to begin a four-month tour. 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. 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.  Freny 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. Perveen, who strongly identified with Freny-another young Parsi woman fighting hard against the confines of society's rules and expectations-feels terribly guilty for failing to help her. Perveen steps forward to assist Freny's family in the fraught dealings of the coroner's inquest, and when Freny's death is ruled a murder, Perveen knows she can't rest until she sees justice done. 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. Can Perveen help a suffering family when her own is in danger?"-- Provided by publisher]]></description><link>https://chpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S92C1590493</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S92C1590493</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Massey, Sujata]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://chpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1590493092</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Perveen Mistry Mystery</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781641291057/MC.GIF&amp;client=chplp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Bombay Prince]]></title><description><![CDATA["November, 1921. Edward VIII, Prince of Wales and future ruler of India, is arriving in Bombay to begin a four-month tour. 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. 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.  Freny 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. Perveen, who strongly identified with Freny-another young Parsi woman fighting hard against the confines of society's rules and expectations-feels terribly guilty for failing to help her. Perveen steps forward to assist Freny's family in the fraught dealings of the coroner's inquest, and when Freny's death is ruled a murder, Perveen knows she can't rest until she sees justice done. 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. Can Perveen help a suffering family when her own is in danger?"-- Provided by publisher]]></description><link>https://chpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S92C1643122</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S92C1643122</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Massey, Sujata]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://chpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1643122092</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle>A Perveen Mistry Mystery</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781705034217/MC.GIF&amp;client=chplp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Satapur Moonstone]]></title><description><![CDATA["India, 1922: It is rainy season in the lush, remote Sahyadri mountains, where the kingdom of Satapur is tucked away. A curse seems to have fallen upon Satapur's royal family, whose maharaja died of a sudden illness shortly before his teenage son was struck down in a tragic accident. The kingdom is now ruled by an agent of the British Raj on behalf of Satapur's two maharanis, the dowager queen and the maharaja's widow. The royal ladies are in dispute over the education of the young crown prince, and a lawyer's council is required--but the maharanis live in purdah and do not speak to men. Just one person can help them: Perveen Mistry, India's only female lawyer.  Perveen is determined to bring peace to the royal house and make a sound recommendation for the young prince's future, but knows she is breaking a rule by traveling alone as a woman into the remote countryside.  And she arrives to find that the Satapur palace is full of cold-blooded power plays and ancient vendettas. Too late, she realizes she has walked into a trap.  But whose? And how can she protect the royal children from the palace's deadly curse?"-- Provided by publisher]]></description><link>https://chpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S92C1498123</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S92C1498123</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Massey, Sujata]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://chpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1498123092</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Perveen Mistry Mystery</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781616959098/MC.GIF&amp;client=chplp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Widows of Malabar Hill]]></title><description><![CDATA["Introducing an extraordinary female lawyer-sleuth in a new historical series set in 1920s Bombay! Bombay, 1921: Perveen Mistry, the daughter of a respected Zoroastrian family, has just joined her father's law firm, becoming one of the first female lawyers in India. Armed with a law degree from Oxford, Perveen also has a tragic personal history that makes her especially devoted to championing and protecting women's legal rights. Mistry Law has been appointed to execute the will of Mr. Omar Farid, a wealthy Muslim mill owner who has left three widows behind. But as Perveen is going through the paperwork, she notices something strange: all three of the wives have signed over their full inheritance to a charity. What will they live on if they forfeit what their husband left them? Perveen is suspicious, especially since one of the widows has signed her form with an X--meaning she probably couldn't even read the document. The Farid widows live in full purdah--in strict seclusion, never leaving the women's quarters or speaking to any men. Are they being taken advantage of by an unscrupulous guardian? Perveen tries to investigate, and realizes her instincts about the will were correct when tensions escalate to murder. Now it is her responsibility to figure out what really happened on Malabar Hill, and to ensure that no innocent women or children are in further danger. Inspired in part by a real woman who made history by becoming India's first female lawyer, The Widows of Malabar Hill is a richly wrought story of multicultural 1920s Bombay as well as the debut of a sharp and promising new sleuth, Perveen Mistry"-- Provided by publisher]]></description><link>https://chpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S92C1643123</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S92C1643123</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Massey, Sujata]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://chpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1643123092</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle>A Perveen Mistry Mystery</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781501980404/MC.GIF&amp;client=chplp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item></channel></rss>