Bombay, 1951. When once famous British film director, Roger Boorman, is shot dead, his body stuffed into the trunk of his car, Persis, India's first female police detective, is tasked with finding his killer.
Working with Archie Blackfinch, a forensic scientist from the Metropolitan Police service in London, she discovers that Boorman was a man whose work on a troubled film set inspired heated rivalries - and a possible link to a previous death.
Persis soon finds herself drawn into a web of danger and deceit in the murky, behind-the-scenes world of Bombay's film business.
In India's city of dreams, it is sometimes nightmares that prevail...
The seventh rip-roaring thriller in the award-winning Malabar House novels.
Praise for the Malabar House series

'Historical fiction at its finest' Daily Mail
'Hugely entertaining' The Times
'Historical crime fiction at its sharpest' Sunday Times
'A wonderfully realized historical setting and characters that make you fall in love with them' Steve Cavanagh
'Think Mick Herron in Bombay' The Times, Audiobook of the Week
'Hugely enjoyable' Ann Cleeves
'A twisting plot and an intriguing cast of characters, together with vivid glimpses of the vibrant, complex world of post-independence Bombay' Andrew Taylor
'A rip-roaring adventure with a formidable woman at its heart' Ambrose Parry
'The brilliant Persis Wadia is one of the most electrifying figures in crime fiction today' William Shaw
'Witty and evocative' Janice Hallett