![]() ![]() Agent: Vicky Bijur, Vicky Bijur Literary. Massey has never been better at pairing her redoubtable and impressive lead with a challenging murder to unravel. THE BOMBAY PRINCE Sujata Massey Bombay’s first female lawyer, Perveen Mistry, is compelled to bring justice to the family of a murdered female Parsi student just as Bombay’s streets erupt in riots to protest British colonial rule. The victim died, apparently of a head wound, on the 30-year anniversary of the unexplained deaths of two female students at the University of Bombay, who fell from a clock tower, suffering similar injuries. After the parade, which was disrupted by protesters inspired by lawyer Mohandas Gandhi’s advocacy for Indian independence, a woman’s corpse is found at the college. Mistry can only advise Freny that she and the others should feign illness to avoid punishment for not attending. Freny represents a group of students who wish to skip a parade scheduled for the prince, which their head of school says is mandatory. ![]() She is best known for the Perveen Mistry series published in the United States by Soho Press and in India by Penguin Random House India. Before the royal’s arrival, Freny Cuttingmaster, a student at Woodburn College, seeks Mistry’s guidance. Sujata Massey is the author of historical and mystery fiction set in Asia. Agatha winner Massey’s exceptional third mystery featuring Perveen Mistry, Bombay’s first female solicitor (after 2019’s The Satapur Moonstone), finds the city’s residents preparing for the visit of Britain’s Prince of Wales, the future Edward VIII, in 1921. ![]()
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