City of Destruction
The gripping and unputdownable new Malabar House mystery

City of Destruction is the latest in the Malabar House novels starring India's first female police inspector, Persis Wadia. I confess that I've struggled with Persis on occasion but this is probably simply that she is not Chopra (or rather Baby Ganesh). However she has grown on me over the years eve......more

The best so far. Whenever a Malabar House book is available, I end up reading the whole thing rather than pacing myself and savouring the story. It doesn’t really matter because I know I will reread at least a couple of times before the next one comes out. I love the descriptions of Indian life but......more

The Malabar House series remains one of my absolute favorites, and City of Death is another brilliant installment that further cements its excellence. Vaseem Khan captures 1950s India with incredible depth, weaving social commentary, history, and mystery into a compelling narrative. 🌹 What I Loved: •......more

Now this is such good work as historical fiction that I will forgive it for being another mystery...at least this is a police procedural. I may be rounding up slightly from 4.5 stars (the ending becomes a bit too convoluted and conspiracy-theory-ish for its own good), but the character work is super......more

I borrowed this from the library not knowing it was a series and although I think it would have been good to get more background info on characters, it was still good as a standalone. I found it really hard to find the motivation to pick it up to read but once I did, it was hard to put down.......more