Tarquin Hall

Vish Puri, el detective más avispado de la India, al menos en su propia estimación, emplea sus dotes detectivescas a lo Sherlock Holmes para resolver los casos más variopintos. A pesar de que sus métodos estan algo anticuados ante la modernidad galopante que esta transformando a su pais, son sorprendetemente efecivos. Un dia, Puri recibe la visita de un prominente abogado punjabi acusado de la desaparicion de una sirvienta que trabajaba en su casa. Desde su destartalado despacho, y con la ayuda de supintoresco equipo de colaboradores, Puri -que se mueve como pez en el agua entre los estratos sociales mas dispares- viajara al Rajastan, donde reside su cliente, para iniciar la investigacion.

Early one morning, on the lawns of a grand boulevard in central Delhi, a group of professionals are attending their therapeutic Laughing Club when a 20-foot apparition of the Goddess Kali apppears, a

Una novela hilarante protagonozada por un inolvidable elenco de personajes. Estamos ante la primera entrega de una serie muy prometedora. Vish Puri, el detective más avispado de la India, al menos en su propia estimacion, emplea sus dotes detectivescas a lo Sherlock Holmes para resolver los casos mas variopintos. A pesar de que sus metodos estan algo anticuados ante la modernidad galopante que esta transformando a su pais, son sorprendetemente efecivos. Un dia, Puri recibe la visita de un prominente abogado punjabi acusado de la desaparicion de una sirvienta que trabajaba en su casa. Desde su destartalado despacho, y con la ayuda de su pintoresco equipo de colaboradores, Puri -que se mueve como pez en el agua entre los estratos sociales mas dispares- viajara al Rajastan, donde reside su cliente, para iniciar la investigacion. Tarquin Hall ofrece humor e ingenio en una novela que cuenta con unos originales personajes que transitan por una India contemporanea llena de contrastes.

Los asesinatos no son cuestión de risa. Bien lo sabe Vish Puri, el detective más privado de la India, maestro del disfraz y amante de la comida frita y picante, que se halla volcado en la investigac

Early one morning, on the lawns of a grand boulevard in central Delhi, a group of professionals are attending their therapeutic Laughing Club when a 20-foot apparition of the Goddess Kali apppears, and strikes one of their number dead. The goddess disappears without trace, and soon news of the crime has all India agog. For the victim is celebrated sceptic and rationalist Dr Suresh Jha, enemy of all gurus and mystics, and he has been silenced in a manner calculated to unnerve even his most loyal supporters. As the media go into a frenzy, it becomes clear that the case goes to the heart of the battle between superstition and rationality in modern India. But the fact remains that a murder has been committed. And as it becomes clear that powerful forces are at play, one man is perfectly placed to investigate: the portly detective Vish Puri. In fact, the idea that he could resist getting involved in such a tantalizing murder is preposterous. There is as much chance of him going without his lunch.

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 population of more than one billion? Who is taking pot shots at him and his prize chilli plants? And why is his widowed ''Mummy-ji'' attempting to play sleuth when everyone knows Mummies are not detectives? With his team of undercover operatives - Tubelight, Flush and Facecream - Puri ingeniously combines modern techniques with principles of detection established in India more than two thousand years ago - long before ''that Johnny-come-lately'' Sherlock Holmes donned his Deerstalker. The search for Mary takes him to the desert oasis of Jaipur and the remote mines of Jharkhand. From his well-heeled Gymkhana Club to the slums where the servant classes live, Puri''s adventures reveal modern India in all its seething complexity.

Los asesinatos no son cuestión de risa. Bien lo sabe Vish Puri, el detective más privado de la India, maestro del disfraz y amante de la comida frita y picante, que se halla volcado en la investigacion de la extraña muerte de un conocido cientifico. El doctor Suresh Jha murio de modo repentino mientras realizaba sus ejercicios matutinos en el Club de la risa de Delhi. Puri no comparte la opinion de aquellos que atribuyen el hecho a una diosa y, para probar que esta en lo cierto, rastreara -junto a su peculiar equipo de ayudantes- desde los suburbios mas pobres a los clubes mas selectos, y viajara de Delhi a la ciudad sagrada de Haridwar, a orillas del Ganges. Vish Puri permitiendose solo las pausas indispensables para saciar su generoso apetito punjabi- desmantelara una red de espiritualidad, ciencia y pecado, unica en los anales del crimen.

Vish Puri is as fond of butter chicken as the next Punjabi. And when theres plenty on offer at the Delhi Durbar hotel where hes attending an India Premier League cricket match dinner, hes the first to tuck in. Irfan Khan, father of Pakistani star cricketer Kamran Khan, cant resist either. But the creamy dish proves his undoing.

The wonderful fourth outing for Delhi detective Vish Puri (the Indian Hercule Poirot Financial Times). When Indias Love Commandos rescue a young woman from a high-caste family who has been forbidden from marrying an untouchable, she looks set to live happily ever after with the man she truly loves.

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 centres 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 population of more than one billion? Who is taking pot shots at him and his prize chilli plants? And why is his widowed Mummy-ji attempting to play sleuth when everyone knows Mummies are not detectives? With his team of undercover operatives Tubelight, Flush and Facecream Puri ingeniously combines modern techniques with principles of detection established in India more than two thousand years ago -- long before that Johnny-come-lately Sherlock Holmes donned his Deerstalker. The search for Mary takes him to the desert oasis of Jaipur and the remote mines of Jharkhand. From his well-heeled Gymkhana Club to the slums where the servant classes live, Puri s adventures reveal modern India in all its seething complexity.