{"product_id":"the-case-of-the-missing-servant-from-the-files-of-vish-puri-most-private-investigator-9781439172377","title":"The Case of the Missing Servant: From the Files of Vish Puri, Most Private Investigator","description":"The first in a detective series that \"immediately joins the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency as representing the best in international cozies\" (Booklist, starred review).Meet Vish Puri, India's most private investigator. Portly, persistent, and unmistakably Punjabi, he cuts a determined swath through modern India's swindlers, cheats, and murderers. In hot and dusty Delhi, where call centers and malls are changing the ancient fabric of Indian life, Puri's main work comes from screening prospective marriage partners, a job once the preserve of aunties and family priests. But when an honest public litigator is accused of murdering his maidservant, it takes all of Puri's resources to investigate. With his team of undercover operatives--Tubelight, Flush, and Facecream--Puri combines modern techniques with principles of detection established in India more than two thousand years ago, and reveals modern India in all its seething complexity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHall, Tarquin:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Tarquin Hall\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis a British author and journalist who has lived and worked throughout South Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Case of the Missing Servant\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Case of the Man Who Died Laughing\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Case of the Deadly Butter Chicken\u003c\/i\u003e, along with dozens of articles and three works of nonfiction, including the highly acclaimed \u003ci\u003eSalaam Brick Lane\u003c\/i\u003e, an account of a year spent living above a Bangladeshi sweatshop in London's notorious East End. He lives in Delhi with his wife, Indian-born journalist Anu Anand, and their son.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50527604998418,"sku":"9781439172377","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_421f4243-f960-4993-b161-376df0e81592.jpg?v=1731307778","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-case-of-the-missing-servant-from-the-files-of-vish-puri-most-private-investigator-9781439172377","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}