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The Case of the Missing Servant: From the Files of Vish Puri, India's Most Private Investigator
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Author
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Tarquin Hall.
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Publisher
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Simon & Schuster
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hardcover
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Product Dimensions
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8.75
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5.75
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1.1
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ISBN
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9781416583684
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Pages/Publication Date
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310/2009
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Daedalus Item Code
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03289
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Description
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Meet Vish Puri, of India's Most Private Investigators, Ltd., in this debut mystery from the author of Salaam Brick Lane. Portly, persistent, and unmistakably Punjabi, Puri cuts a determined swath through modern India's swindlers, cheats, and murderers. When a public litigator is accused of murdering his maidservant, it takes all of Puri's resources to find the truth. How will he trace the fate of the girl, known only as Mary, in a population of more than one billion? With his team of undercover operatives—Tubelight, Flush, and Facecream—Puri employs modern techniques with ancient principles of detection established long before the advent of that Johnny-come-lately Sherlock Holmes. "[Tarquin] 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)
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