The Lost Man of Bombay
by Vaseem Khan
☆ Shortlisted for the 2022 CWA Gold Dagger
The Lost Man of Bombay is the third book in Vaseem Khan’s Malabar House series, a set of historical mysteries set in post-independence India. It has echoes of Seven Years in Tibet as well as Mick Herron’s Slough House series. The main protagonist is Persis, the first and only female detective to have qualified for the Indian Police Service.