The book description from the author’s website is: “Bombay, 1921: Perveen Mistry, the daughter of a respected Zoroastrian family, has just joined her father’s law firm, becoming one of the first female lawyers in India. Armed with an Oxford, legal education, Perveen also has a tragic personal history that makes her especially devoted to championing and protecting women’s legal rights.
Mistry Law has been appointed to execute the will of Mr.
Omar Farid, a wealthy Muslim mill owner who has left three widows behind. But
as Perveen examines the paperwork, she notices something strange: all three of
the wives have signed over their full inheritance to a charity. What will they
live on? Perveen is suspicious, especially since one of the widows has signed
her form with an X—meaning she probably couldn’t even read the document. The
Farid widows live in full purdah—in strict seclusion, never leaving the women’s
quarters or speaking to any men. Are they being taken advantage of by an
unscrupulous guardian? Perveen tries to investigate, and realizes her instincts
were correct when tensions escalate to murder. Now it is her responsibility to
figure out what really happened on Malabar Hill, and to ensure that no innocent
women or children are in further danger.”
We will be meeting in the Second Floor Meeting Room at 6:30
pm and on Zoom. For more information, contact Sara at the Reference Desk.
*We will be meeting on the second Tuesday for the month of
June.*
