{"product_id":"city-of-destruction","title":"City of Destruction","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Vaseem Khan writes with charm and wit, and an eye for detail that transports the reader entirely. I couldn't love this series more'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCHRIS WHITAKER\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Historical fiction at its finest'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMAIL ON SUNDAY\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFrom the award-winning author of MIDNIGHT AT MALABAR HOUSE and THE LOST MAN OF BOMBAY comes a brilliant new mystery featuring the inimitable Persis Wadia.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBombay, 1951.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e A political rally ends in tragedy when India's first female police detective, Persis Wadia, kills a lone gunman as he attempts to assassinate the divisive new defence minister, a man calling for war with India's new post-Independence neighbours.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith the Malabar House team tasked to hunt down the assassin's co-conspirators - aided by agents from Britain's MI6 security service - Persis is quickly relegated to the sidelines. But then she is given a second case, the burned body of an unidentified white man found on a Bombay beach. As she pursues both investigations - with and without official sanction - she soon finds herself headed to the country's capital, New Delhi, a city where ancient and modern India openly clash.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeanwhile, Persis's colleague, Scotland Yard criminalist Archie Blackfinch, lies in a hospital fighting for his life as all around him the country tears itself apart in the prelude to war...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldsboro Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53586175558005,"sku":"9781399707657","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4900\/5606\/files\/04e5ecaa-ae35-4a39-afb4-f66fa9b38122.jpg?v=1729175412","url":"https:\/\/goldsborobooks.pro\/products\/city-of-destruction","provider":"Goldsboro Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}