01855cam a2200397 i 4500 336880750 TxAuBib 20180118120000.0 170530s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017021391 9781616957780 1616957786 (OCoLC)983148226 TxAuBib rda Massey, Sujata. The widows of Malabar Hill / Sujata Massey. New York, NY : Soho Crime, [2018] 385 pages : maps ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "A mystery of 1920s Bombay"--Cover of book jacket. Includes a glossary of terms. Includes bibliographical references. "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. 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"-- Provided by publisher. 20180118. Women lawyers Fiction. Widows Fiction. Wills Fiction. Women India Social conditions 20th century Fiction. Mumbai (India) Fiction. India Fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. Historical fiction. Legal fiction (Literature.)