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Bad Day at the Vulture Club

Baby Ganesh Agency Book 5
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In Bad Day at the Vulture Club by Vaseem Khan, Inspector Ashwin Chopra is pulled into a murder investigation within Mumbai's Parsi community. The eccentric case revolves around the suspicious death of a wealthy Parsi, leading Chopra into a world of secrets, tradition, and intrigue. Balancing modern detective work and cultural nuances, Chopra, alongside his trusty elephant companion, unravels layers of deception among the city's elite.
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Bad Day at the Vulture Club

In the gripping new Baby Ganesh Agency novel, Inspector Chopra and his elephant sidekick investigate the death of one of Mumbai's wealthiest citizens, a murder with ramifications for its poorest.

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In the gripping new BABY GANESH AGENCY novel, Inspector Chopra and his elephant sidekick investigate the death of one of Mumbai's wealthiest citizens, a murder with ramifications for its poorest.

The Parsees are among the oldest, most secretive and most influential communities in the city: respected, envied and sometimes feared.

When prominent industrialist Cyrus Zorabian is murdered on holy ground, his body dumped inside a Tower of Silenceβ€”where the Parsee dead are consumed by vulturesβ€”the police dismiss it as a random killing. But his daughter is unconvinced.

Chopra, uneasy at entering this world of power and privilege, is soon plagued by doubts about the case.

But murder is murder. And in Mumbai, wealth and corruption go hand in hand, inextricably linking the lives of both high and low...

Bad Day at the Vulture Club takes the reader into this fascinating world, where tradition and modernity collide, and where the powerful are often shielded from justice.

Series: Baby Ganesh series

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Bad Day at the Vulture Club by Vaseem Khan is highly praised for being the best in the series so far, offering a brilliant and engaging addition to the crime thriller category. The book is celebrated for its charm, vibrant atmosphere, and ability to intertwine humour with serious themes like corruption and crime. Critics commend its gripping narrative and educational insights into the challenges faced in India's urban landscape.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781473685383

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 19 March 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Mulholland Books

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 34.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 273g

Pages: 384

About the Author

Vaseem Khan is the author of several award-winning crime series including the Baby Ganesh Agency adventures, set in modern Mumbai, and the Malabar House historical crime novels, set in 1950s Bombay.

His first book, The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra, was selected by the Sunday Times as one of the 40 best crime novels published in 2015-2020, and has been translated into 17 languages. Midnight at Malabar House, the first in the Malabar House series, won the Crime Writers' Association Historical Dagger.

Vaseem has won numerous awards for his work, including, most recently, the Fingerprint Award for Historical Crime Novel of the Year for City of Destruction, the fifth in the Malabar House series. Vaseem is also the author of The Girl in Cell A, a psychological thriller set in small town America, and Quantum of Menace, the first in a series featuring Q from the world of James Bond.

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