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During an Indian banquet, an elderly Pakistani visitor collapses, poisoned in his butter chicken. The case plunges first‑class private investigator Vish Puri into the perilous underground of illegal gambling. His trail cuts across the border into Pakistan, a land linked to his family’s 1947 partition tragedy. The final clue lies closer to home, involving only the one person he has vowed never to engage with: his Mummy‑ji.
First publish date: 2012
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Private Investigator
Authors: Tarquin Hall
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