<b>The highly anticipated follow-up to the critically acclaimed novel <i>The Widows of Malabar Hill</i>.</b><br><b><br></b>India, 1922: It is rainy season in the lush, remote Sahyadri mountains, where the princely state of Satapur is tucked away. A curse seems to have fallen upon Satapur's royal family, whose maharaja died of a sudden illness shortly before his teenage son was struck down in a tragic hunting accident. The state is now ruled by an agent of the British Raj on behalf of Satapur's two maharanis, the dowager queen and her daughter-in-law. <p/> The royal ladies are in a dispute over the education of the young crown prince, and a lawyer's counsel is required. However, the maharanis live in purdah and do not speak to men. Just one person can help them: Perveen Mistry, Bombay's only female lawyer. Perveen is determined to bring peace to the royal house and make a sound recommendation for the young prince's future, but she arrives to find that the Satapur palace is full of cold-blooded power plays and ancient vendettas. Too late, she realizes she has walked into a trap. But whose? And how can she protect the royal children from the palace's deadly curse?<br><br><b>Author:</b> Sujata Massey<br><b>Publisher:</b> Soho Crime<br><b>Published:</b> 03/10/2020<br><b>Pages:</b> 384<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.85lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.10d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9781641291316<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><b>Sujata Massey </b>was born in Engl