5/26/2023 0 Comments The widows of malabar hill review![]() ![]() Paul’s University Grove neighborhood, already has fans for her 11 award-winning mysteries featuring Japanese-American antiques dealer Rei Shimura. ![]() So begins “The Widows of Malabar Hill,” first in a series by Sujata Massey in which history and culture blend in an involving and fast-paced mystery. Review by Mary Ann Grossmann | Pioneer Press Perveen’s suspicions are raised when she meets the man who is supposed to be the defenseless women’s guardian but seems to be mostly interested in their money. ![]() Perveen Mistry, the city’s only woman lawyer, has just joined her father’s thriving law firm and is tasked with executing the will of the women’s wealthy Muslim husband. It is 1921 in Bombay, India, and three widows who live in purdah - secluded in women’s quarters where men cannot see them - have signed away their inheritances to a charity. ![]()
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