The Mistress of Bhatia House (A Perveen Mistry Novel #4)

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Bombay&’s only female solicitor, Perveen Mistry, grapples with class divisions, sexism, and complex family dynamics as she seeks justice for a mistreated young woman in this thrilling fourth installment in Sujata Massey&’s award-winning series.India, 1922: Perveen Mistry is the only female lawyer in Bombay, a city where child mortality is high, birth control is unavailable and very few women have ever seen a doctor.Perveen is attending a lavish fundraiser for a new women&’s hospital specializing in maternal health issues when she witnesses an accident. The grandson of an influential Gujarati businessman catches fire—but a servant, his young ayah, Sunanda, rushes to save him, selflessly putting herself in harm&’s way. Later, Perveen learns that Sunanda, who&’s still ailing from her burns, has been arrested on trumped-up charges made by a man who doesn&’t seem to exist. Perveen cannot stand by while Sunanda languishes in jail with no hope of justice. She takes Sunanda as a client, even inviting her to live at the Mistry home in Bombay&’s Dadar Parsi colony. But the joint family household is already full of tension. Perveen&’s father worries about their law firm taking so much personal responsibility for a client, and her brother and sister-in-law are struggling to cope with their new baby. Perveen herself is going through personal turmoil as she navigates a taboo relationship with a handsome former civil service officer. When the hospital&’s chief donor dies suddenly, Miriam Penkar, a Jewish-Indian obstetrician, and Sunanda become suspects. Perveen&’s original case spirals into a complex investigation taking her into the Gujarati strongholds of Kalbadevi and Ghatkopar, and up the coast to Juhu Beach, where a decadent nawab lives with his Australian trophy wife. Then a second fire erupts, and Perveen realizes how much is at stake. Has someone powerful framed Sunanda to cover up another crime? Will Perveen be able to prove Sunanda&’s innocence without endangering her own family?
Copyright:
2023

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ISBN-13:
9781641293303
Related ISBNs:
9781641293297
Publisher:
Soho Press
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Copyrighted By:
Sujata Massey
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No
Language:
English
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Categories:
History, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
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