
The Case of the Elusive Bombay Duck
by
Tarquin Hall
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781448308217
Publication Date: 11/18/2025
Edition Description: Main
Portly, perceptive and spectacularly moustachioed, India’s finest private detective, Vish Puri, tackles his most difficult case to date in the longawaited return of Tarquin Hall’s delightful humorous whodunit series set in New Delhi.
'Vish Puri is the Indian Poirot' Financial Times
'Vish Puri [is] a Punjabi Sherlock Holmes' The Guardian
When Vish Puri, India’s Most Private Detective, learns he’s won the longcoveted International Detective of the Year award, it’s supposed to be a secret. But within hours, it seems all of Delhi knows – and his indomitable Mummyji announces she’ll be coming with him to the ceremony in London, never mind that she’s not been invited.
To add to his woes, a senior government bureaucrat gives him an undercover mission he can’t refuse. Puri is tasked with tracking down India’s mostwanted fugitive: a billionaire pharmaceutical fraudster codenamed Bombay Duck, who’s rumoured to be hiding in the British capital.
Puri’s only spending a week in London . . . and he’s already promised his wife he won’t work during their onceinalifetime trip. In desperation, he enlists the help of his reluctant nephew Jags and dives headfirst into the case. But can Puri hook the Bombay Duck and bring him to justice – all the while keeping his investigations secret from his wife and meddling mother?
'Vish Puri is the Indian Poirot' Financial Times
'Vish Puri [is] a Punjabi Sherlock Holmes' The Guardian
When Vish Puri, India’s Most Private Detective, learns he’s won the longcoveted International Detective of the Year award, it’s supposed to be a secret. But within hours, it seems all of Delhi knows – and his indomitable Mummyji announces she’ll be coming with him to the ceremony in London, never mind that she’s not been invited.
To add to his woes, a senior government bureaucrat gives him an undercover mission he can’t refuse. Puri is tasked with tracking down India’s mostwanted fugitive: a billionaire pharmaceutical fraudster codenamed Bombay Duck, who’s rumoured to be hiding in the British capital.
Puri’s only spending a week in London . . . and he’s already promised his wife he won’t work during their onceinalifetime trip. In desperation, he enlists the help of his reluctant nephew Jags and dives headfirst into the case. But can Puri hook the Bombay Duck and bring him to justice – all the while keeping his investigations secret from his wife and meddling mother?
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