About this title: 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 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 takes all of Puri's resources to investigate.How will he trace the fate of the girl, known only as Mary, in a ...
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Edition: First English Edition; First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hutchinson, London
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780091925635ISBN:0091925630
Description: Very Good in Very Good-dust jacket. 9780091925635. `Meet Vish Puri, India`s most private Investigator, persistent and unmistakably Punjabi, he cuts a determined swathe through modern India`s swindlers, cheats and murderers.....`Clean and tidy copy which could be un-read. No previous ownership markings. Slight slant. A little movement to the spine but all is secure. Jacket has not been price-clipped. Pretty wrap-around illustration by Ruth Hydes. Some edgewear. A tiny white area to front where a ... read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hutchinson, London, UK, Great Britain
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780091925635ISBN:0091925630
Description: New in new dust jacket. Signed by author. First Print. Signed in person by the author directly on the FULL title page NOT inscribed, clipped or otherwise marked. Brand new and unread only opened for author signature. DJ in Mylar. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hutchinson
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780091925635ISBN:0091925630
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. First UK edition, signed and dated (the day of publication) by author on title page. All of our first editions are first printings. Dustwrappers are protected with clear archival wraps. We ship via UPS whenever possible-please select 'expedited' shipping. read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: HUTCHINSON
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780091925635ISBN:0091925630
Description: New. Vish Puri is an Indian Private Investigator who usually makes his wage screening prospective marriage partners, but he finds himself drawn into the case of a murdered maidservant. In the tradition of "The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency" and an energeti... read more
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Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hutchinson, London
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780091925635ISBN:0091925630
Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed by author. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 320 p. Audience: General/trade. UK Edition. In mylar cover. read more
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