The highly anticipated follow-up to the critically acclaimed novel The Widows of Malabar Hill.

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.
 
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?

Review

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Praise for The Satapur Moonstone

“Well-researched and convincing.”

—The Wall Street Journal

“Bright, determined . . . Perveen, whose aim is to help women and children, continues to engage us, thereby ensuring a long-running series.”

—The Seattle Times

“One of my new favorite historical mystery series is written by Sujata Massey and centers on Perveen Mistry, the only female lawyer in Bombay and one of the first women to practice law in India . . . I recommend this series to fans of the Maisie Dobbs series by Jacqueline Winspear.”

—The News-Review

“This sequel is as lovely as the first . . . Perveen uncovers ‘a mysterious affair’ involving the death of a dowager, the kidnapping of a maharaja, a missing moonstone, and her own closed-off heart.”

—Carole E. Barrowman, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

“Vivid and clever.”

—Kerry Greenwood, author of the Phryne Fisher series

“One of my favorite books of the year.”

—Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine

“A meticulous engagement with another era, and another country, whose conflicts of power reverberate into the contemporary.”

—Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine

“Fantastic.”

—The Christian Science Monitor

“A gloriously descriptive, imaginatively plotted and thrillingly concluded tale. Ms. Massey has created a majestic evocation of the period and has another captivating success.”

—Shots Magazine

“[Massey] builds the suspense while weaving a more complicated narrative arc than a traditional whodunit.”

—Rewire.News

“Massey’s second whodunit featuring Bombay attorney Perveen Mistry is even better than the series’ impressive debut . . . The winning, self-sufficient Perveen should be able to sustain a long series.”

—Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

“Once again Massey does a superb job of combining a fascinating snapshot into 1920s British-ruled India with a top-notch mystery. She has created a strong, appealing heroine who is forging her own path in a rapidly changing world.”
 

—Library Journal
, Starred Review

“[
The Satapur Moonstone] will certainly please readers looking for an engaging new female lead.”

—Booklist

“Simply put, 
The Satapur Moonstone is a flawless gem. Historical mysteries don’t get any better than this.”

—New York Journal of Books

“Brillaintly penned .

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