{"product_id":"city-of-destruction-the-gripping-and-unputdownable-new-malabar-house-mystery-9781399707657","title":"City of Destruction: The Gripping and Unputdownable New Malabar House Mystery","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the award-winning author of MIDNIGHT AT MALABAR HOUSE and THE LOST MAN OF BOMBAY comes a brilliant new mystery featuring the inimitable Persis Wadia. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Bombay, 1950. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A political rally ends in tragedy when Persis kills a lone gunman as he attempts to assassinate India's divisive Home Minister, a man calling for war with neighbouring Pakistan. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With the Malabar House team tasked to hunt down his co-conspirators, Persis is given a second case when the burned body of an unidentified white man is found on a Bombay beach. Meanwhile, Scotland Yard criminalist Archie Blackfinch, lies in a hospital fighting for his life, as all around him the country tears itself apart as a prelude to war... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for the Malabar House series: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Great stuff' MAIL ON SUNDAY \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Vaseem Khan writes with charm and wit, and an eye for detail that transports the reader entirely. I couldn't love this series more' CHRIS WHITAKER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781399707657\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368","brand":"Vaseem Khan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45000528756917,"sku":"9781399707657","price":22.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_e0a68ff9-b9f2-477f-8f39-a030410ad58e.jpg?v=1736265121","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/city-of-destruction-the-gripping-and-unputdownable-new-malabar-house-mystery-9781399707657","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}