Portly, perceptive, and spectacularly moustachioed, India\u2019s finest private detective, Vish Puri, tackles his most difficult case to date, in Tarquin Hall\u2019s delightful humorous whodunit series set in New Delhi.<\/b><\/p>\n
For Vish Puri, India\u2019s most private detective, the news that he has won the long-coveted International Detective of the Year award, to be presented in a glitzy ceremony in London, makes this the best day of his life.<\/p>\n
But to his deep dismay, a senior bureaucrat from the Ministry of Finance gives him a secret mission he can\u2019t refuse: to track down India\u2019s most-wanted fugitive. Dr. Bhatt\u2019s medicines caused the deaths of hundreds, and the billionaire fraudster\u2014code named the Bombay Duck\u2014fled for the United Kingdom before he could be arrested.<\/p>\n
Puri is only spending a week in London. He has never set foot in the UK before. And most important of all, he has already promised his wife that he won\u2019t do any work while they\u2019re away.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s only one solution: lie, lie, lie.<\/p>\n
Puri dives headfirst into the case, in between visiting all the tourist sites, aided and abetted by his formidable, meddling Mummy-ji, whom Puri definitely did not invite to join them. But can Puri hook the Bombay Duck and bring him to justice before the fugitive\u2019s many enemies get to him first?<\/p>\n
Packed with the sights, sounds, and flavors of both New Delhi and London, this is an irresistible listen for fans of Alexander McCall Smith, Harini Nagendra, and Jesse Sutanto from an author who divides his time between India and the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n