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 co[...]
Early one morning, on the lawns of a grand boulevard in central Delhi, a group of professionals are attending their therapeutic Laughing Club when a 20-foot apparition of the Goddess Kali apppears, and strikes one of their number dead. One man is perfectly placed to investigate: the portly detective[...]
Smith Vish Puri is as fond of butter chicken as the next Punjabi. And when there's plenty on offer at the Delhi Durbar hotel where he's attending an India Premier League cricket match dinner, he's the first to tuck in. Irfan Khan, father of Pakistani star cricketer Kamran Khan, can't resist either. [...]
In dusty Delhi, where call centres 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 tak[...]
Early one morning, on the lawns of a grand boulevard in central Delhi, a group of professionals are attending their therapeutic Laughing Club when a 20-foot apparition of the Goddess Kali apppears, and strikes one of their number dead.
The goddess disappears without trace, and soon news o[...]
Vish Puri is as fond of butter chicken as the next Punjabi. And when there's plenty on offer at the Delhi Durbar hotel where he's attending an India Premier League cricket match dinner, he's the first to tuck in. Irfan Khan, father of Pakistani star cricketer Kamran Khan, can't resist either. But th[...]
After ten years living abroad, Tarquin Hall wanted to return to his native London. Lured by his nostalgia for suburban childhood, he found himself living in a squalid attic in London's Brick Lane. Presenting a journey of discovery by an outsider in his own native city, this book offers a glimpse of [...]
To the Elephant Graveyard is the compelling account of the search for a killer elephant in the northeast corner of India, and a vivid portrait of the Khasi tribe, who live intimately with the elephants. Though it seems a world of peaceful coexistence between man and beast, Hall begins to see that th[...]
Early one morning, on the lawn of a grand boulevard in central Delhi, the Hindu goddess Kali appears and plunges a sword into the chest of a prominent Indian scientist, who dies in a fit of giggles. Vish Puri, India's Most Private Investigator, master of disguise and lover of all things fried and sp[...]
In his most daring assignment yet, Vish Puri, India's Most Private Investigator, infiltrates the dangerous world of illegal gambling to solve the murder of a high-profile Pakistani on Indian soil. Dubbed "a wonderfully engaging P.I." ("The Times, "London), Tarquin Hall's irresistible protagonist Vis[...]
When an elderly Pakistani visiting India dies frothing at the mouth during a banquet, it s not a simple case of Delhi Belly. His butter chicken has been poisoned. To solve the case, India s Most Private Investigator, Vish Puri, must infiltrate the dangerous world of illegal gambling, following a tra[...]
In one of the ten best mysteries of the year ("Seattle Times"), private investigator Vish Puri becomes embroiled in a high-stakes mystery involving one of India's most controversial commodities: love.
When Ram and Tulsi fall in love, the young woman's parents are dead set against the union. She'[...]
Møt Indias mest sjarmerende, matglade private etterforsker Vish Puri. Hva gjør han når utallige saker som inneholder alt fra forsvunne tjenestepiker, mystiske dødsfall og et drapsforsøk i sitt eget hjem ...? Han spiser god punjabi-kost, og løser sakene i god, gammeldags Hercule Poirot-stil. Me[...]
Ett nytt spännande fall för Indiens mest diskrete privatdetektiv
Ett mord är ingenting att skratta åt. Ändå dör en framstående indisk forskare i ett fnissanfall när en hinduisk gudinna träder fram ur dimman och stöter ett svärd i hans bröst. Skrattar gott gör även mannen s[...]
Nimi: Vish Puri Ammatti: Toimitusjohtaja, Mitä yksityisimmät etsivät Oy Tehtävä: Yksityisetsivä (ent. Intian tiedustelupalvelun etsivä) Syntymävuosi: 1951 Syntymäpaikka: Punjabi Bagh, Delhi Lempinimi: "Pullukka" Saavutukset: Kuusi kansallisen tason palkintoa, Maailman etsiväliiton Supernuu[...]
Nimi: Vish Puri Ammatti: Toimitusjohtaja, Mitä yksityisimmät etsivät Oy Tehtävä: Yksityisetsivä (ent. Intian tiedustelupalvelun etsivä) Syntymävuosi: 1951 Syntymäpaikka: Punjabi Bagh, Delhi Lempinimi: "Pullukka" Saavutukset: Kuusi kansallisen tason palkintoa, Maailman etsiväliiton Supernuu[...]