A review by steve_32
Death of a Lesser God by Vaseem Khan

5.0

I’m a bit late to the party for this excellent historical crime series. This is the fourth book in the Malabar series which features Persis, India’s first female inspector based in Bombay. Persis investigates the murder of a prominent lawyer Fareed Mazumdar. James Whitby has been found guilty and sentenced to death but Whitby claims he is innocent. Persis is determined to get to the truth although trying to prove a white man innocent in 1950s India does t make her very popular.
An utterly absorbing thriller, well plotted with plenty of historical facts on life in post colonial India. Highly recommended and time for me to catch up with the other novels in the series.