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Tarquin Hall


Tarquin Hall is a British writer and journalist who has reported extensively on S.E. Asia and the Middle East for the British press. He is also the author of the highly acclaimed non-fiction books Salaam Brick Lane and To the Elephant Graveyard. The Vish Puri series is his first venture into fiction. He lives in London, England.

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The Case of the Love Commandos
Written by Tarquin Hall

Trade Paperback | 352 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-7710-3839-6 (0-7710-3839-9)

October 29, 2013 | $22.00

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The Case of the Love Commandos
Written by Tarquin Hall

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780771038396
Our Price: $22.00
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(Available October 29, 2013)


The Love Commandos are dedicated to helping lovers from different castes marry for love in spite of India's millennia-old caste prejudices. But when a would-be Romeo from the Untouchable caste is kidnapped, the Love Commandos turn to Vish Puri for help. Has his fiancée's father made good on his promise and...




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The Case of the Deadly Butter Chicken
Written by Tarquin Hall

Trade Paperback | 368 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-7710-3830-3 (0-7710-3830-5)

June 11, 2013 | $17.99

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The Case of the Deadly Butter Chicken
Written by Tarquin Hall

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780771038303
Our Price: $17.99
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(Available June 11, 2013)


 "These books are little gems. They are beautifully written, amusing, and intensely readable." -- Alexander McCall Smith, author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

     Long-held secrets, deadly lies, a sports scandal, and a poisoned helping of butter chicken -- all in a day's work for the head of India's Most...

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The Case of the Deadly Butter Chicken
Written by Tarquin Hall

Trade Paperback | 368 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-7710-3829-7 (0-7710-3829-1)

June 26, 2012 | $22.00

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The Case of the Deadly Butter Chicken
Written by Tarquin Hall

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780771038297
Our Price: $22.00
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"These books are little gems. They are beautifully written, amusing, and intensely readable."
—Alexander McCall Smith, author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
 
Long-held secrets, deadly lies, a sports scandal, and a poisoned helping of butter chicken -- all in a day's work for the head of Delhi's Most Private Investigators...

Also available as an eBook and a trade paperback.

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The Case of the Deadly Butter Chicken
Written by Tarquin Hall

eBook | 352 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-7710-3831-0 (0-7710-3831-3)

June 26, 2012 | $12.99

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The Case of the Deadly Butter Chicken
Written by Tarquin Hall

Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780771038310
Our Price: $12.99


"These books are little gems. They are beautifully written, amusing, and intensely readable."
—Alexander McCall Smith, author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
 
Long-held secrets, deadly lies, a sports scandal, and a poisoned helping of butter chicken -- all in a day's work for the head of Delhi's Most Private Investigators...

Also available as a trade paperback and a trade paperback.

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The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing
Written by Tarquin Hall

Trade Paperback | 344 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-7710-3828-0 (0-7710-3828-3)

June 7, 2011 | $19.99

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The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing
Written by Tarquin Hall

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780771038280
Our Price: $19.99
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The delightful, amusing, and deeply mysterious second novel to feature Vish Puri, a man after Hercule Poirot's heart, in a series that has already won diehard fans on three continents.

The bizarre murder of an Indian scientist in public by the goddess Kali is no laughing matter. Yet Dr. Suresh Jha, best...

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The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing
Written by Tarquin Hall

eBook | pages | McClelland & Stewart | Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-1-55199-356-0 (1-55199-356-2)

June 1, 2010 | $9.99

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The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing
Written by Tarquin Hall

Format: eBook
ISBN: 9781551993560
Our Price: $9.99


The delightful, amusing, and deeply mysterious second novel to feature Vish Puri, a man after Hercule Poirot's heart, in a series that has already won diehard fans on three continents.

The bizarre murder of an Indian scientist in public by the goddess Kali is no laughing matter. Yet Dr. Suresh Jha, best...

Also available as a trade paperback.

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The Case of the Missing Servant
Written by Tarquin Hall

eBook | 320 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Fiction - Mystery & Detective; Fiction
978-0-7710-3826-6 (0-7710-3826-7)

May 4, 2010 | $9.99

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The Case of the Missing Servant
Written by Tarquin Hall

Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780771038266
Our Price: $9.99


Watch out Alexander McCall Smith! Here comes the first novel by the highly acclaimed writer Tarquin Hall in an entrancing new mystery series set in India.

The portly Vish Puri is India’s most accomplished detective, at least in his own estimation, and is also the hero of an irresistible new mystery series...

Also available as a trade paperback.

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The Case of the Missing Servant
Written by Tarquin Hall

Trade Paperback | 320 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Fiction - Mystery & Detective; Fiction
978-0-7710-3755-9 (0-7710-3755-4)

May 4, 2010 | $19.99

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The Case of the Missing Servant
Written by Tarquin Hall

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780771037559
Our Price: $19.99
   Quantity: 1 


Watch out Alexander McCall Smith! Here comes the first novel by the highly acclaimed writer Tarquin Hall in an entrancing new mystery series set in India.

The portly Vish Puri is India’s most accomplished detective, at least in his own estimation, and is also the hero of an irresistible new mystery series...

Also available as an eBook.