Bombay, 1951. At a political rally, India’s first female detective Persis Wadia stops an assassin with a single shot, saving the defense minister who is calling for war with India’s new neighbors. But Persis’s triumph quickly turns into exile as her team is pushed aside by MI6 and political forces with their own agendas.
Relegated to the margins, Persis is handed a second mystery: the charred body of an unidentified white man found on a Bombay beach. Pursuing both cases, she travels to New Delhi, a city where modern ambition collides with ancient tensions, and where answers could ignite chaos.
Award-winning author Vaseem Khan’s City of Destruction is a gripping Malabar House mystery rich in atmosphere, history, and unforgettable intrigue.
