City of destruction
Khan, Vaseem, 1973-2025
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Bombay, 1951. A political rally ends in tragedy when India's first female police detective, Persis Wadia, kills a lone gunman as he attempts to assassinate the divisive new defence minister, a man calling for war with India's new post-Independence neighbours. With the Malabar House team tasked to hunt down the assassin's co-conspirators, aided by agents from Britain's MI6 security service, Persis is quickly relegated to the sidelines. But then she is given a second case, the burned body of an unidentified white man found on a Bombay beach. As she pursues both investigations, with and without official sanction, she soon finds herself headed to the country's capital, New Delhi, a city where ancient and modern India openly clash. Meanwhile, Persis's colleague, Scotland Yard criminalist Archie Blackfinch, lies in a hospital fighting for his life.
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heald Green Library | Adult fiction paperback | Crime | Onloan - Due: 02 Dec 2025 |
| Heatons Library | Adult fiction paperback | Crime | Onloan - Due: 05 Dec 2025 |
| Reddish Library | Adult fiction paperback | Crime | Available |
Main title:
City of destruction / Vaseem Khan.
Author:
Khan, Vaseem, 1973-, author
Work:
Imprint:
London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2025.
Collation:
341 pages : map (black and white) ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Originally published: 2024.
ISBN:
9781399707695 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.92FFICTION
Language:
English
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BRN:
4142906