The Case of the Missing Servant
From the Files of Vish Puri, Most Private Investigator
The Vish Puri Mysteries: Book #1
- By: Tarquin Hall
- Narrated by: Sam Dastor
- Length: 8 hours 22 minutes
Description
Meet Vish Puri, India’s most private investigator. Portly, persistent, and unmistakably Punjabi, he cuts a determined swathe 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.
How will he trace the fate of the girl, known only as Mary, in a population of more than one billion? Who is taking pot shots at him and his prize chilli plants? And why is his widowed “Mummy-ji” attempting to play sleuth when everyone knows Mummies are not detectives? With his team of undercover operatives—Tubelight, Flush, and Facecream—Puri ingeniously combines modern techniques with principles of detection established in India more than two thousand years ago, long before “that Johnny-come-lately” Sherlock Holmes donned his Deerstalker. The search for Mary takes him to the desert oasis of Jaipur and the remote mines of Jharkhand. From his well-heeled Gymkhana Club to the slums where the servant classes live, Puri’s adventures reveal modern India in all its seething complexity.
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The Vish Puri Mysteries Series
The Case of the Missing Servant
By: Tarquin Hall
Narrated by: Sam Dastor
Length: 8 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
Meet Vish Puri, India’s most private investigator. Portly, persistent, and unmistakably Punjabi, he cuts a determined swathe 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... Read more »
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The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing
By: Tarquin Hall
Narrated by: Sam Dastor
Length: 8 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
Dr. Suresh Jha, best known for unmasking fraudulent swamis and godmen, dies in a fit of giggles at his morning yoga class when goddess Kali appears from the mist and plunges a sword into his chest. The case is a first in the “annals of crime,” according to Vish Puri, head of Delhi’s Most Private Investigators. Puri and his team of unstoppable... Read more »
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The Case of the Deadly Butter Chicken
By: Tarquin Hall
Narrated by: Sam Dastor
Length: 9 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
Dubbed "a wonderfully engaging PI" (London Times), Tarquin Hall's irresistible protagonist Vish Puri has become an international favorite through a series that "splendidly evokes the color and bustle of Delhi and the tang of contemporary India" (Seattle Times). Now the gormandizing, spectacularly mustachioed sleuth finds himself facing down his... Read more »
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The Case of the Love Commandos
By: Tarquin Hall
Narrated by: Sam Dastor
Length: 8 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
In this contemporary Romeo and Juliet story set withinIndia’s caste system, private investigator Vish Puri faces his most difficultchallenge to date—a high-stakes mystery involving one of India’s mostcontroversial commodities: love.
When Ram and Tulsi fall in love, the young woman’s parentsare dead set against the union. She’s from a high-caste... Read more »
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The Case of the Reincarnated Client
By: Tarquin Hall
Narrated by: Sam Dastor
Length: 8 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
A client claiming she was murdered in a past life is a novel dilemma even for Vish Puri, India’s most private investigator.
When a young woman comes forward saying she’s the reincarnation of Riya Kaur, a wife and mother who vanished during the bloody 1984 anti-Sikh riots, Puri is dismissive. He’s busy enough dealing with an irate matrimonial... Read more »
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