The Dying Day

In 1950, a six-hundred-year-old copy of Dante's The Divine Comedy disappears from Bombay's Asiatic Society, and British scholar and war hero John Healy is charged with its care. Inspector Persis Wadia and English forensic scientist Archie Blackfinch are on the trail of a series of complex riddles written in verse, but they discover the first body. As the death toll mounts, it becomes evident that someone else is also pursuing the priceless artefact and will stop at nothing to possess it. This is historical fiction at its finest, with Persis, once again, against her peers, a changing India, and an evil of limitless intent.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 368 pages
Publication date: 17 March 2022
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

A priceless manuscript. A missing scholar. A trail of riddles.

Bombay,1950

For over a century, one of the world's great treasures, a six-hundred-year-old copy of Dante's The Divine Comedy, has been safely housed at Bombay's Asiatic Society. But when it vanishes, together with the man charged with its care, British scholar and war hero, John Healy, the case lands on Inspector Persis Wadia's desk.

Uncovering a series of complex riddles written in verse, Persis, together with English forensic scientist Archie Blackfinch, is soon on the trail. But then they discover the first body.

As the death toll mounts, it becomes evident that someone else is also pursuing this priceless artefact and will stop at nothing to possess it. . . .

Harking back to an era of darkness, this second thriller in the Malabar House series pits Persis, once again, against her peers, a changing India, and an evil of limitless intent.

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

Weight: 260g
Dimension: 130 x 197 x 28 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781529341096