The Dying Day

A murdered man, A missing treasure,
Persis must solve the riddle to find the killer - or die trying , , , <,font>

Bombay, 1950

India's first female police detective, Persis Wadia, is summoned to the 150-year-old Bombay Royal Asiatic Society at Horniman Circle, The society's preeminent treasure, a priceless manuscript of Dante's Divine Comedy, has vanished, as has the society's head curator, William Huxley, an Englishman with a passion for Indian history,

Tasked to recover an item for which Benito Mussolini once offered one million pounds, Persis soon uncovers a series of murders, and a trail of tantalising coded clues that lead her into the dark heart of conspiracy,,,

Gripping, immersive, and full of Vaseem Khan's trademark wit, this is historical fiction at its finest,