Defying convention while draped in a sari, Perveen is sure to join the leads of great mystery fiction.

“Perveen’s dogged pursuit of truth and justice for her clients is reminiscent of the debuts of Anne Perry’s Charlotte Ellison Pitt and Jacqueline Winspear’s Maisie Dobbs.” - Los Angeles Times Perveen uncovers ‘a mysterious affair’ involving the death of a dowager, the kidnapping of a maharaja, a missing moonstone, and her own closed-off heart.” Perveen, whose aim is to help women and children, continues to engage us, thereby ensuring a long-running series.” Read about the real-life inspiration behind Perveen Mistryįinalist for the 2020 Sue Grafton Memorial AwardĪ CrimeReads Best Historical Crime Novel of 2019 India, 1922: What begins as a trip to mediate a dispute between maharanis in the distant mountain province of Satapur quickly turns sinister when Perveen Mistry, Bombay's first female lawyer, finds herself in a viper’s nest of cold-blooded power players settling ancient scores. Too late, she realizes she has walked into a trap.Discover the next chapter in the Perveen Mistry historical mystery series! Now available in paperback. And she arrives to find that the Satapur palace is full of cold-blooded power plays and ancient vendettas. Sujata Massey The Satapur Moonstone Paperback by Sujata Massey (Author) 758 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle Edition 205.20 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 1,723.19 1 Used from 2,937.96 3 New from 1,723.19 Paperback 342.00 8 New from 275. Perveen is determined to bring peace to the royal house and make a sound recommendation for the young prince’s future, but knows she is breaking a rule by traveling alone as a woman into the remote countryside. The Seattle Times One of my new favorite historical mystery series is written by Sujata Massey and centers on Perveen Mistry, the only female lawyer in. Just one person can help them: Perveen Mistry, India’s only female lawyer. The royal ladies are in dispute over the education of the young crown prince, and a lawyer’s council is required-but the maharanis live in purdah and do not speak to men.

The kingdom is now ruled by an agent of the British Raj on behalf of Satapur’s two maharanis, the dowager queen and the maharaja’s widow. A curse seems to have fallen upon Satapur’s royal family, whose maharaja died of a sudden illness shortly before his teenage son was struck down in a tragic accident. India, 1922: It is rainy season in the lush, remote Satara mountains southeast of Bombay, where the kingdom of Satapur is tucked away. Instead of a straight-forward legal matter she finds a treacherous web of palace intrigue and a history of suspicious deaths. Award-winning author Sujata Massey returns readers to the 1920s India of Perveen Mistry, Bombay’s first female lawyer, and this time Perveen must travel north while reluctantly in the employment of the British Raj to assist in a complex dispute over a late maharaja’s estate.

The Satapur Moonstone by Sujata Massey