![]() ![]() ![]() What will they live on? Perveen is suspicious, especially since one of the widows has signed her form with an X-meaning she probably couldn’t even read the document. ![]() But as Perveen examines the paperwork, she notices something strange: all three of the wives have signed over their full inheritance to a charity. Omar Farid, a wealthy Muslim mill owner who has left three widows behind. Mistry Law has been appointed to execute the will of Mr. ![]() Armed with a legal education from Oxford, Perveen also has a tragic personal history that makes women’s legal rights especially important to her. Perveen Mistry, the daughter of a respected Zoroastrian family, has just joined her father’s law firm, becoming one of the first female lawyers in India. Inspired in part by the woman who made history as India’s first female attorney, The Widows of Malabar Hill is a richly wrought story of multicultural 1920s Bombay as well as the debut of a sharp and promising new sleuth. The author of the Agatha and Macavity Award-winning Rei Shimura novels brings us an atmospheric new historical mystery with a captivating heroine. 1920s India: Perveen Mistry, Bombay’s first female lawyer, is investigating a suspicious will on behalf of three Muslim widows living in full purdah when the case takes a turn toward the murderous. ![]()
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