The Case of the Elusive Bombay Duck - Tarquin Hall - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk
Portly, perceptive and spectacularly moustachioed, India''s finest private detective, Vish Puri, tackles his most difficult case to date in the long-awaited return of Tarquin Hall''s delightful humorous whodunit series set in New Delhi. "Vish Puri is the Indian Poirot" Financial Times "A wonderfully engaging PI" The Times "Vish Puri [is] a Punjabi Sherlock Holmes" The Guardian When Vish Puri, India''s Most Private Detective, learns he''s won the long-coveted International Detective of the Year award, it''s supposed to be a secret. But within hours, it seems all of Delhi knows - and his indomitable Mummy-ji announces she''ll be coming with him to the ceremony in London, never mind that she''s not been invited.To add to his woes, a senior government bureaucrat gives him an undercover mission he can''t refuse. Puri is tasked with tracking down India''s most-wanted fugitive: a billionaire pharmaceutical fraudster codenamed Bombay Duck, who''s rumoured to be hiding in the British capital.Puri''s only spending a week in London . . . and he''s already promised his wife he won''t work during their once-in-a-lifetime trip.In desperation, he enlists the help of his reluctant nephew Jags and dives headfirst into the case. But can Puri hook the Bombay Duck and bring him to justice - all the while keeping his investigations secret from his wife and meddling mother? Packed with the sights, sounds and flavours of both New Delhi and London, author Tarquin Hall - who divides his time between India and the UK - delivers an irresistible read for fans of Alexander McCall Smith, Harini Nagendra and Jesse Sutanto.
