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Sujata Massey

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Historical Fiction, Literature & Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers

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Sujata Massey is the author of historical and mystery fiction set in Asia. She is best known for the Perveen Mistry series published in the United States by Soho Press and in India by Penguin Random House India. In June, 2021, THE BOMBAY PRINCE, third book in the series, releases in the US/Canada and Australia/New Zealand; it will be published by Penguin India later the same month.

THE WIDOWS OF MALABAR HILL, the first Perveen novel, was named a Best Mystery/Thriller of 2018 and also an Amazon Best Mystery/Thriller of 2018. Additionally, the book won the Bruce Alexander Best Historical Mystery Award, the Agatha Award for Best Historical Mystery and the Mary Higgins Clark Award, all in 2019.

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	The Widows of Malabar Hill (Perveen Mistry, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 33,306 ratings — published 2018 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Satapur Moonstone (Perveen Mistry, #2) 3.97 avg rating — 12,466 ratings — published 2019 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bombay Prince (Perveen Mistry, #3) 3.96 avg rating — 9,458 ratings — published 2021 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mistress of Bhatia House (Perveen Mistry, #4) 4.01 avg rating — 5,716 ratings — published 2023 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Salaryman's Wife (Rei Shimura #1) 3.61 avg rating — 3,790 ratings — published 1997 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sleeping Dictionary 4.17 avg rating — 2,487 ratings — published 2013 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zen Attitude (Rei Shimura, #2) 3.69 avg rating — 2,160 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Flower Master (Rei Shimura #3) 3.75 avg rating — 1,921 ratings — published 1999 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bride's Kimono (Rei Shimura #5) 3.74 avg rating — 1,706 ratings — published 2001 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Samurai's Daughter (Rei Shimura #6) 3.67 avg rating — 1,501 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Reporting live from the UK! I left Baltimore in mid-October for a little more than a month of travel, experiencing autumn season through a few countries in Europe. First stop: London, England. Tony and I stayed in an inner-ring neighborhood called Marylebone (pronounced Marly-bone). The neighborhood began as a medieval village and slowl

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Sujata Massey said: " Perveen Mistry is the only woman lawyer practicing in 1921 Bombay. As she works to defend the rights of three widows, she must preserve her family's honor and face hard truths about her own past. "A first rate performance inaugurating a most promisin ...more "

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Sujata Massey said: " Perveen leaves Bombay to travel to the mountains of Satapur, where she investigates the safety of a young Maharaja. Is the royal family cursed, or is there treachery afoot? "Well researched and convincing." --THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. "The sequel is a ...more "

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“Remember this! It is never an entire people who is cruel; it is merely individuals who exert their will on others.”
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“Crockery broke and fabric frayed. The delicate things I cared about perished, while the hard things like swords survived.”
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“We worship differently, but we are not so far apart in our hearts,”
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