"A sumptuous reading feast awaits in this fabulously thrilling historical crime novel set in 1950’s Bombay. "
Intense, smart, and sharp while also being warm, witty, and thoughtful, this is a historical crime thriller that I can recommend with heart and soul. I read Vaseem Khan’s charming and whimsical debut The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra from the Baby Ganesh Agency series, which was one of our Books of the Year in 2015.
This is my first foray into the Malabar House series and I fell without hesitation into book four. I always love a series where each novel can be judged on its own merits while also fitting into the collective whole. If you’ve not already met these novels I can declare that you can easily read this as a standalone, but recommend returning to the first novel in the series in order to fully enjoy what has come before.
Inspector Persis Wadia is charged with re-investigating the murder of a lawyer while James Whitby, sentenced to death but claiming his innocence, awaits his fate. Vaseem Khan is able to move with the lightest and most eloquent of touches through some of the darkest times of post-colonial India. He doesn’t shy away from the complex confusion and pain, it sits centre stage in the the story.
I felt the most vivid sense of place, each word, each description hits with accuracy and paints a vibrant picture. The characters are fully-formed delights with the ability to conjure smirks or empathy. The humour comes with thoughtful contemplation, used to heighten understanding and emotion. A coiling plot gradually tightens its grip increasing tension before the ending hits with hammer-hard precision.
A LoveReading Star Book and Liz Pick of the Month, Death of a Lesser God is a fiercely powerful and fabulously entertaining novel. I loved it!
In the fourth rip-roaring thriller in the award-winning Malabar House series, Persis and Archie travel to the old colonial capital of Calcutta, where they collide head-on with the prejudices and bloody politics of an era engulfed in flame.
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In the fourth rip-roaring thriller in the award-winning Malabar House series, Persis and Archie travel to the old colonial capital of Calcutta, where they collide head-on with the prejudices and bloody politics of an era engulfed in flame. Can a white man receive justice in post-colonial India?
Death of a Lesser God features in the following genres: Historical Fiction, Crime and Mystery, Thriller and Suspense, Fiction, Liz Robinson's Picks of the Month, Recommendations, Star Books, Sharing Diverse Voices, Crime and mystery: police procedural, Historical crime and mysteries, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Narrative theme: Politics, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, Fiction: narrative themes
Paperback, Hardback. £8.99, down from the £9.99 cover price. In Stock.
Death of a Lesser God was written by Vaseem Khan and published by Hodder Paperback an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton
Death of a Lesser God has 355 pages
Yes it is part of The Malabar House Series series
£8.99, reduced from £9.99. In Stock.
