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Rated 5 starsPuri Uncle's a Winner
Tarquin Hall has hit the nail on the head. Vish Puri is the slightly eccentric and now sadly disappearing product of the peculiar post independence period in India. These were anglophiles who were fanatic nationalists, religious but not extremist, socialists but not communists, proud of the achievements of independent India, the military and the civil service were their professions of choice and they were just as rigid about...
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Rated 5 stars"Confidentiality Is My Watchword"
The Case of the Missing Servant is the fiction debut from Tarquin Hall, but it hardly comes off as a freshman effort. This mystery novel features Vish Puri, India's Most Private Investigator whose slogan is, "Confidentiality Is My Watchword". Puri's cases mostly consist of investigating one of the parties of an arranged marriage, but our story finds Puri landing a case of much greater substance. High profile lawyer, Ajay...
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Rated 5 starsThe Case of the Missing Servant
This book introduces a new fictional detective. The detective is Vish Puri, founder and managing director of Most Private Investigators Ltd, of Delhi, India. Vish Puri is a worshiper of a guru named Chanakya, who lived 300 BCE and "founded the arts of espionage and investigation." The case involves a servant girl who disappears from the home of a wealthy lawyer and the lawyer hires Vish Puri to find her as he has been accused...
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Rated 5 starsA Travelogue, Food Primer and Detective Story All In One
Having traveled extensively in India, and having had a lifelong fascination with the subcontinent, I had high hopes for Tarquin Hall's "The Case of the Missing Servant." I expected this tale of Indian private investigator Vish Puri to evoke the sights, sounds and smells of India's teeming cities and dusty countryside. I expected it to offer the distinctive feel of the many religions and cultures that share the region. I even...
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Rated 5 starsHindu Hanky Panky
Mr. Vish Puri ('Chubby' to his family, 'The Boss' to his employees), founder and director of Most Private Investigators, Ltd. (Confidentiality Is Our Watchword) is India's most celebrated detective, evidenced by his picture on the cover of India Today and the seven national and international awards he's won. He writes letters to the Times of India, scorns Sherlock Holmes as a Johnny-come-lately, favors Savile Row-made safari...
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