City of destruction

Bombay, 1950. 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. With the Malabar House team tasked to hunt down his co-conspirators, Persis is given a second case when the...

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Main Author: Khan, Vaseem, 1973- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2024.
Series:Khan, Vaseem, 1973- Malabar House series ; 5.
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520 |a Bombay, 1950. 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. 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.--  |c Publisher description 
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650 0 |a India-Pakistan Conflict, 1947-1949  |v Fiction. 
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651 0 |a India  |v Fiction. 
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