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The Widows of Malabar Hill

By Sujata Massey

4 stars

Fantastic mystery thriller set against Bombay in 1920. The heroin, Perveen Mistry the daughter of a well respected Parsee family has just returned from Oxford and has joined her father's law firm . She is now in charge of executing the will of the wealthy Omir Farid a Muslim mill owner, who has left three widows and several children. The women are in full purdah never leaving their compound or speaking to men. Perveen arrives in this story traumatised by her own tragic and violent recent experience of an arranged marriage - one that she herself arranged. This, with her feisty courage and intelligence,makes her a compassionate and understanding ally for these women living through purdah. A big history lesson that did not feel like a history lesson! Loved it.

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