Vish Puri is the founder and managing director of Most Private Investigators Ltd. in Delhi and takes pride in doing his job well. A portly well dressed Punjabi who's friends and family call "Chubby," Vish Puri is the best in the business. A majority of Puri's cases involve investigating prospective marriage partners, which he views as a sign of changing times in India. However his latest client, an honest public litigator, is accused of murdering his maidservant, and Puri must pull all his resources together to trace a girl only known as Mary. Tarquin Hall does a fantastic job of interweaving storytelling with sense of the life in India. From the politics, religion, and social pecking order to the sights, sounds and tastes. This is a detective story at its best and I hope to read more about Vish Puri's Most Private Investigative Service's. ~Mara