Perveen Mistry Novel: The Widows of Malabar Hill (Hardcover)

from janerawoof

Enthralling murder mystery about an Indian Parsi woman lawyer in 1920s Bombay, Perveen Mistry [surname a pun??], and her efforts to catch the murderer of the steward of a Muslim household in which there are three wives in purdah of the [now deceased] owner, a wealthy man, and fair distribution of...

from Maydacat

It took me more than little while to really get grabbed by this story, but once I did, I raced to the end. The story takes place in India and mostly vacillates from 1921 and 1916. Perveen is the only female solicitor in Bombay, and customs and laws often curtail her efforts. She works in her fath...

from Chris.Bulin

What a great start to a series. There characters and setting are super interesting. There was a lot of (necessary) character introduction in this volume, but I have no doubt it is kicking off what is sure to be a spectacular series. I'm looking forward to the next one!

from clue

I have completed [The Widows of Malabar Hill] by [Sujata Massey]. I have read reader reviews of her books previously, generally highly rated, and been curious about them. The book begins in 1921 but flashes back to 1915. I found this irritating considering the short time span. The protagonist is...

from pmarshall

Perveen Mistry, the first woman solicitor in Bombay, in India for that matter, is based on India's two earliest women lawyers: Cornelia Sorabji of Poona, the first woman to read law at Oxford in 1892, and Mithan Tata Lam who was also an Oxford graduate and the first woman admitted to the Bombay B...