Tarquin Hall

A Vish Puri Mystery

1 - The Case of the Missing Servant (Jun-2009)
2 - The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing (May-2010)
3 - The Case of the Deadly Butter Chicken (Jul-2012)
4 - The Case of the Love Commandos (Oct-2013)
5 - The Case of the Reincarnated Client (Feb-2020)
6 - The Case of the Elusive Bombay Duck (Mar-2025)

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  The Case of the Missing Servant
  

  • Jun-2009
  • / Private Investigator
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  A Vish Puri Mystery - 1
  

  Meet Vish Puri, India's most private investigator. Portly, persistent, and unmistakably Punjabi, he cuts a determined swath through modern India's swindlers, cheats, and murderers. In hot and dusty Delhi, where call centers and malls are changing ...

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  The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing
  

  • May-2010
  • / Private Investigator
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  A Vish Puri Mystery - 2
  

  Early one morning, on the lawn of a grand boulevard in central Delhi, the Hindu goddess Kali appears and plunges a sword into the chest of a prominent Indian scientist, who dies in a fit of giggles. Vish Puri, India’s Most Private Investigator, mas...

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  The Case of the Deadly Butter Chicken
  

  • Jul-2012
  • / Private Investigator
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  A Vish Puri Mystery - 3
  

  When the elderly father of a top Pakistani cricketer playing in a new multimillion-dollar cricket league dies frothing at the mouth during a post-match dinner, it’s not a simple case of Delhi Belly. His butter chicken has been poisoned. To solve th...

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  The Case of the Love Commandos
  

  • Oct-2013
  • / Private Investigator
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  A Vish Puri Mystery - 4
  

  IN THIS CONTEMPORARY ROMEO AND JULIET STORY SET WITHIN INDIA’S CASTESYSTEM, PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR VISH PURI BECOMES EMBROILED IN A HIGH-STAKES MYSTERY INVOLVING ONE OF INDIA’S MOST CONTROVERSIAL COMMODITIES: LOVE. Critics hailed The Case of the...

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  The Delhi Detective's Handbook
  

  • Dec-2017
  • / General Fiction
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  World famous Indian detective Vish Puri provides a comprehensive guide to the ancient Indian field of investigation and its application in the modern context, including invaluable recommendations for all types of disguises and undercover aliases, ope...

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  The Case of the Reincarnated Client
  

  • Feb-2020
  • / Amateur Sleuth
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  A Vish Puri Mystery - 5
  

  "Hilarious … Hall’s plot is filled with engaging twists. Vish is a wonderfully realized character … You can dive in anywhere in this series and be rewarded with a rich experience" â€" Booklist Starred ReviewA client claiming she was murdered in...

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  The Case of the Elusive Bombay Duck
  

  • Mar-2025
  • / Cozy Mystery
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  A Vish Puri Mystery - 6
  

  Portly, perceptive and spectacularly moustachioed, India’s finest private detective, Vish Puri, tackles his most difficult case to date in the long-awaited return of Tarquin Hall’s delightful humorous whodunit series set in New Delhi.R...

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