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The Widows of Malabar Hill

By: Sujata Massey
Narrated by: Soneela Nankani
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Introducing an extraordinary female lawyer-sleuth in a new historical series set in 1920s Bombay!

Bombay, 1921: 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. Armed with a law degree from Oxford, Perveen also has a tragic personal history that makes her especially devoted to championing and protecting women's legal rights.

Mistry Law has been appointed to execute the will of Mr. Omar Farid, a wealthy Muslim mill owner who has left three widows behind. But as Perveen is going through the paperwork, she notices something strange: all three of the wives have signed over their full inheritance to a charity. What will they live on if they forfeit what their husband left them? 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. The Farid widows live in full purdah - in strict seclusion, never leaving the women's quarters or speaking to any men. Are they being taken advantage of by an unscrupulous guardian?

Perveen tries to investigate, and realizes her instincts about the will were correct when tensions escalate to murder. Now it is her responsibility to figure out what really happened on Malabar Hill, and to ensure that no innocent women or children are in further danger.

Inspired in part by a real woman who made history by becoming India's first female lawyer, 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, Perveen Mistry.

©2018 Sujata Massey (P)2018 Recorded Books
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Loved the story but the reading was as if every sentence had an explanation.mark !!!!! I almost gave up…but such an interesting story

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Excellent,entertaining mystery.

The strong female characters especially Parveen. A feisty Indian solicitor,educated at Oxford university where she took her knowledge of rights for women back to her practice in Bombay, Thoroughly enjoyable.

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An excellent book.

Fascinating insight of the world of Bombay during this time in history. A book I could not out down. Would highly recommend.

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Great story really lovely narration

story focused on rights of various women in India at beginning of 20th century. starting with personal development of main character, 1st lady solicitor through muslim widows and their rights while in clutches of a gready man to unhappy white british young lady who is a lesbian and her parents are keeping her very close to monitor her behaviour.....

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Great story!

The narration style was irritating but this hardly detracted from the engaging story once I got used it

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The easy way the Indians interacted with the brits………

This seemed unrealistic for the time as the Brits liked to keep everyone else in their place at all times.. . in my colonial experience. The story was very interesting.

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liked the story can't say I loved it. Parts were quite exciting with suspense and drama.
The writer did a great job in transporting you to 1920s India. you could almost smell the streets.
The narrator left alot to be desired. Her pronunciation was not right for alot of the common words, her expressions were misplaced. She was very poor and I think this was the reason for not loving it and only liking it.

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A book full of traditional and customs of 1900 India with a charming story of a woman changing with the new emerging India. Just a wonder to listen to listen too.

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I do like stories from India

Dislike American narration intermixed with splendid local dialects. Personally American accents jar unless in context.

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Perveen Mistry

An interesting historical fiction story of early 20th century big city Indian life and culture from the perspective of a young female professional. The narrator seems very well suited to this text. Will look out for more books in this series.

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