1800s
19th century
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Author_Nev March
award winning author
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gilded age mysteries
historical mystery series
husband wife pi
indian american author
indian private investigator
married detectives
Murder in Old Bombay
Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Award Winner
Nawaz Merchant
Peril at the Exposition
sherlock holmes inspired
sherlockian
The Spanish Diplomat's Secret sequel
Product details
- ISBN 9781250348036
- Weight: 510g
- Dimensions: 165 x 245mm
- Publication Date: 16 Jun 2025
- Publisher: Minotaur Books,US
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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In 1894 colonial India, Lady Diana's family fortunes have been slashed from a global financial slump, but even worse, her brother Adi has been accused of murder. To save him from the gallows, Captain Jim and Lady Diana rush back to Bombay to clear his name. However this proves to be difficult as the traditional Parsi community finds Jim and Diana's marriage taboo. They attempt to uncover the truth despite being ostracised.
Adi's business partner, a silversmith, was murdered with perplexing last words. He was full of secrets, with tense relationships with suppliers and numerous unpaid bills. Captain Jim must peel back the curtains on this man's life and death to uncover just why he was so desperate for gold and where that gold went. And what awful secret does the gold represent?
Set in lush, late-Victorian India, Captain Jim and Diana struggle with the complexities of caste, tradition, and loyalty. Their success, and even their lives, may depend on Diana, who sacrificed her social status and inheritance for love. Can she find a way to reconnect with the tight community that threw them aside?
NEV MARCH is the winner of the Minotaur Books/Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Award for her award-winning, Edgar finalist debut, Murder in Old Bombay. Leaving a long career in business analysis in 2015, she returned to her passion, writing fiction. She is a member of the Mystery Writers of America and the Crime Writers of Color. A Parsee Zoroastrian herself, Nev lives with her husband and sons in New Jersey.
