{"product_id":"city-of-destruction-9781399707657","title":"City of Destruction","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the award-winning author of MIDNIGHT AT MALABAR HOUSE and THE LOST MAN OF BOMBAY comes a brilliant new mystery featuring the inimitable Persis Wadia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Bombay, 1950.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e A political rally ends in tragedy when Persis kills a lone gunman as he attempts to assassinate India's divisive Home Minister, a man calling for war with neighbouring Pakistan.\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e With the Malabar House team tasked to hunt down his co-conspirators, Persis is given a second case when the burned body of an unidentified white man is found on a Bombay beach. Meanwhile, Scotland Yard criminalist Archie Blackfinch, lies in a hospital fighting for his life, as all around him the country tears itself apart as a prelude to war...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for the Malabar House series:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Great stuff' MAIL ON SUNDAY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Vaseem Khan writes with charm and wit, and an eye for detail that transports the reader entirely. I couldn't love","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50015139332439,"sku":"9781399707657","price":16.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781399707657.jpg?v=1739908009","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/city-of-destruction-9781399707657","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}