{"product_id":"the-case-of-the-elusive-bombay-duck-9780727889225","title":"The Case of the Elusive Bombay Duck","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePortly, perceptive and spectacularly moustachioed, India's finest private detective, Vish Puri, tackles his most difficult case to date in the long-awaited return of Tarquin Hall's delightful humorous whodunit series set in New Delhi.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Vish Puri is the Indian Poirot\" \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A wonderfully engaging PI\" \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Vish Puri [is] a Punjabi Sherlock Holmes\" \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Vish Puri, India's Most Private Detective, learns he's won the\u003cbr\u003elong-coveted International Detective of the Year award, it's supposed to\u003cbr\u003ebe a secret. But within hours, it seems all of Delhi knows - and his\u003cbr\u003eindomitable Mummy-ji announces she'll be coming with him to the ceremony in\u003cbr\u003eLondon, never mind that she's not been invited.  To add to his woes, a senior government bureaucrat\u003cbr\u003egives him an undercover mission he can't refuse. Puri is tasked with tracking\u003cbr\u003edown India's most-wanted fugitive: a billionaire pharmaceutical fraudster\u003cbr\u003ecodenamed Bombay Duck, who's rumoured to be hiding in the British capital. Puri's only spending a week in London . . . and\u003cbr\u003ehe's already promised his wife he won't work during their once-in-a-lifetime trip. In desperation, he enlists the help of his\u003cbr\u003ereluctant nephew Jags and dives headfirst into the case. But can Puri hook the\u003cbr\u003eBombay Duck and bring him to justice - all the while keeping his investigations\u003cbr\u003esecret from his wife and meddling mother? \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePacked with the sights, sounds and flavours of both New Delhi and London, author Tarquin Hall - who divides his time between India and the UK - delivers an irresistible read for fans of Alexander McCall Smith, Harini Nagendra and Jesse Sutanto.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Severn House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780727889225\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224","brand":"Tarquin Hall","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45000527085749,"sku":"9780727889225","price":25.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_c0c89e63-8e07-4fc0-b9d6-8b572279dc97.jpg?v=1736265115","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-case-of-the-elusive-bombay-duck-9780727889225","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}