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Bombay 1950.Inspector Persis Wadia,is the 1st female police inspector in all of India, & endures & fights against all the prejudice that this role brings.A British scholar vanishes & with him, a 600 year old copy of Dante‘s The Divine Comedy.What follows is a fast paced treasure hunt,where Persis is confronted with multiple riddles,codes & ciphers to unravel.Bodies pile up,making it evident that a sinister someone is also seeking the manuscript.

Moral dilemma examined by Inspector Persis Wadia, as she wades her way through a labyrinth of puzzles, clues, ciphers to find a vanished(into the depths of Bombay), 600 year old copy of Dante‘s The Divine Comedy. #serieslove2024 #OutWithTheOldInWithTheNew

Hope to have this finished before midnight and the New Year! #OutWithTheOldInWithTheNew #20in4 #readathon #yearend #coffeeandbooks #serieslove2024

Some overlap here! #ReadOutTheOld :
Finished 2/3- just reading A Dying Day now, which is included in @Andrew65 readathon. Will post as I finish any of pictured books.

I am posting one book per day from my extensive to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it, I just do. Some will be old, some will be new. Don‘t judge me - I have a lot of books. Join in if you want!

#ABookADay2023

This is the second book in the series and I‘m really enjoying it so far. Set in India in 1950, it follows the first female police officer in the newly independent country.

Ebook on sale today. Works for #foodandlit #India in November

A soft pick. I greatly enjoyed the window into a very specific time & place - Mumbai/Bombay around 1950 when India was still newly independent - & the treasure hunt aspects were also fun. But altogether it sometimes felt a little flat; it‘s hard to put my finger on exactly why. Still, if you enjoy historical mysteries, this is an intriguing world to explore.

Persis Wadia, India‘s 1st female detective, has to juggle the disappearance of a priceless manuscript, a potential romantic entanglement with a coworker, the reappearance of an ex, and Nazis.

A slow start, things didn‘t really kick off until the Nazis showed up, but amazing scene setting. Post WWII Bombay breathed on the page. Side characters were well fleshed out. But the ending felt abrupt and unsatisfactory. Lots of real info used! 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑

July‘s #BingoBoard all revved up and ready to go!

#BookSpin 20 - Dying Day by Vaseem Khan

#DoubleSpin 1 - A Master of Djinn by P Djeli Clark (also my #LMPBC book!)