{"product_id":"death-of-a-lesser-god-9781399707602","title":"Death of a Lesser God","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn the fourth rip-roaring thriller in the award-winning Malabar House series, Persis and Archie travel to the old colonial capital of Calcutta, where they collide head-on with the prejudices and bloody politics of an era engulfed in flame.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCan a white man receive justice in post-colonial India?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBombay, 1950\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e James Whitby, sentenced to death for the murder of prominent lawyer and former Quit India activist Fareed Mazumdar, is less than two weeks from a date with the gallows. In a last-ditch attempt to save his son, Whitby's father, arch-colonialist, Charles Whitby, forces a new investigation into the killing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The investigation leads Inspector Persis Wadia of the Bombay Police to the old colonial capital of Calcutta, where, with the help of Scotland Yard criminalist Archie Blackfinch, she uncovers a possible link to a second case, the brutal murder of an African-American G.I. during the Calcutta Killings of 1946. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow are the cases connected? If Whitby didn't murder Mazumdar, then who did? And why?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eVaseem Khan is the author of two crime series set in India: the \u003ci\u003eBaby Ganesh Agency\u003c\/i\u003e series, and the \u003ci\u003eMalabar House\u003c\/i\u003e historical crime novels. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis first book, \u003ci\u003eThe Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra\u003c\/i\u003e, was a \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller and has been translated into 16 languages. \u003ci\u003eMidnight at Malabar House\u003c\/i\u003e won the CWA Historical Fiction Dagger in 2021 and was shortlisted for the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVaseem was born in London, but spent a decade working in India as a management consultant.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50615223124242,"sku":"9781399707602","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6edf2f91-9976-48c6-9f3c-dedb0df91ae2.jpg?v=1732478877","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/death-of-a-lesser-god-9781399707602","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}