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The Case of the Deadly Butter Chicken a Vish Puri Mystery

-- The Times, When the elderly father of a top Pakistani cricketer playing in a new multimillion-dollar cricket league dies frothing at the mouth during a post-match dinner, it?s not a simple case of Delhi Belly. His butter chicken has been poisoned. To solve the case, Puri must penetrate the region?s organized crime, following a trail that leads deep into Pakistan?the country in which many members of the P.I.?s family were massacred during the 1947 partition of India. The last piece of the puzzle, however, turns up closer to home when Puri learns of the one person who can identify the killer. Unfortunately it is the one person in the world with whom he has sworn never to work: his Mummy-ji. With riotously entertaining prose, a boisterous cast of characters, and a pitch-perfect sense of place, Tarquin Hall has crafted a gripping whodunit that takes us deep into Indian history and society. He brings a hugely appealing culture to life with all its sights, sounds, smells, foods, and complexity. As the title implies, The Case of the Deadly Butter Chicken In his most daring assignment yet, Vish Puri, India?s Most Private Investigator, infiltrates the dangerous world of illegal gambling to solve the murder of a high-profile Pakistani on Indian soil. Includes three mouthwatering recipes from the Vish Puri family kitchen.

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  • "Meet Vish Puri, India's most private investigator. Portly, persistent and unmistakeably Punjabi, he cuts a determined swathe through modern India's swindlers, cheats and murderers."
  • "-- The Times, When the elderly father of a top Pakistani cricketer playing in a new multimillion-dollar cricket league dies frothing at the mouth during a post-match dinner, it?s not a simple case of Delhi Belly. His butter chicken has been poisoned. To solve the case, Puri must penetrate the region?s organized crime, following a trail that leads deep into Pakistan?the country in which many members of the P.I.?s family were massacred during the 1947 partition of India. The last piece of the puzzle, however, turns up closer to home when Puri learns of the one person who can identify the killer. Unfortunately it is the one person in the world with whom he has sworn never to work: his Mummy-ji. With riotously entertaining prose, a boisterous cast of characters, and a pitch-perfect sense of place, Tarquin Hall has crafted a gripping whodunit that takes us deep into Indian history and society. He brings a hugely appealing culture to life with all its sights, sounds, smells, foods, and complexity. As the title implies, The Case of the Deadly Butter Chicken In his most daring assignment yet, Vish Puri, India?s Most Private Investigator, infiltrates the dangerous world of illegal gambling to solve the murder of a high-profile Pakistani on Indian soil. Includes three mouthwatering recipes from the Vish Puri family kitchen."@en
  • "Mustachioed sleuth Vish Puri tackles his greatest fears in a case involving the poisoning death of the elderly father of a leading Pakistani cricketer, whose demise is linked to the Indian and Pakistani mafias and the violent 1947 partition of India."
  • "Vish Puri is as fond of butter chicken as the next Punjab. Irfan Khan can't resist either. But the creamy dish proves his undoing. After a few mouthfuls, he collapses on the floor, dead. Clearly this isn't a case of Delhi belly."
  • "Vish Puri investigates when the father of a star cricket player dies after eating some poisoned butter chicken."@en

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  • "Detective and mystery stories"
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  • "Mystery fiction"
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  • "The case of the deadly butter chicken : from the files of Vish Puri, India's most private investigator"
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