by Glen Peters · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9781906998011
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«Mrs D'Silva's Detective Instincts and the Saitan of Calcutta» is the mystery novel by Glen Peters, published by Parthian Books in paperback with 330 pages.
In 1960s Calcutta, Mrs D'Silva, a young widow and teacher, grows uneasy when the body of Agnes Lai, a pupil of the Loreto convent, appears. When a former student is accused of killing a worker during a riot, she decides to use her instincts. Recipes, period speech and tensions of a transforming India accompany the plot.
In English. This edition is from 2010; the work originally appeared in 2009.
For readers of crime fiction with historical setting; 1960s Calcutta and its female protagonist are part of the appeal.
