The Case of the Missing Servant - Hardcover

Hall, Tarquin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1416583688 ISBN 13: 9781416583684

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 2009

Synopsis

A first installment in a new series by the author of To the Elephant Graveyard introduces mustachioed Vish Puri, a respectable family man who styles himself as India's forefront private investigator and who runs background checks for prospective brides and grooms until more sensational cases take him into India's increasingly divergent communities.

About this title

Product Description:

Unusual book

Review:

"Tubby, ingenious and hilarious, Delhi's most trusted PI, Vish Puri, is not easily forgotten. Properly disdainful of unoriginal crime-busters like Sherlock Holmes and James Bond, his unique methods of detection deserve to be widely known and feted." -- David Davidar, author of "The Solitude of Emperors"

"Vish Puri is the most original detective in years. Tarquin Hall has captured India in a way few Western writers have managed since Kipling. The country's humor, commotion, and vibrancy bursts from every page, exposing its vast, labyrinthine underbelly. Scintillating!" -- Tahir Shah, author of "The Caliph's House"

"Speaking of sweet stuff, consider "The Case of the Missing Servant" by Tarquin Hall. This first novel is set in Delhi, where Vish Puri, found and director of Most Private Investigators, Ltd., performs discreet investigations into the backgrounds of prospective grooms, with surprising and often comic results."
--Marilyn Stasio, "New York Times Book Review"

Speaking of sweet stuff, consider "The Case of the Missing Servant" by Tarquin Hall. This first novel is set in Delhi, where Vish Puri, found and director of Most Private Investigators, Ltd., performs discreet investigations into the backgrounds of prospective grooms, with surprising and often comic results.
Marilyn Stasio, "New York Times Book Review""

Hall turns to fiction with the debut of what promises to be an outstanding series....An excellent, delightfully humorous mystery with an unforgettable cast of characters, The Case of the Missing Servant immediately joins the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency as representing the best in international cozies.
Booklist (starred review)"

Speaking of sweet stuff, consider The Case of the Missing Servant by Tarquin Hall. This first novel is set in Delhi, where Vish Puri, found and director of Most Private Investigators, Ltd., performs discreet investigations into the backgrounds of prospective grooms, with surprising and often comic results.
Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review"

"Hall turns to fiction with the debut of what promises to be an outstanding series....An excellent, delightfully humorous mystery with an unforgettable cast of characters, The Case of the Missing Servant immediately joins the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency as representing the best in international cozies."
--Booklist (starred review)

"Speaking of sweet stuff, consider The Case of the Missing Servant by Tarquin Hall. This first novel is set in Delhi, where Vish Puri, found and director of Most Private Investigators, Ltd., performs discreet investigations into the backgrounds of prospective grooms, with surprising and often comic results."
--Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1416583688
• ISBN 13: 9781416583684
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 310