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Book Review: A Murder at Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey By Nimandra Gunasekera Source:Brisbane 4EB Sri Lankan Newsletter – Dæhæna – December 2021 Three widows living in seclusion, a grizzly murder and a sleuthing young lawyer. A Murder at Malabar Hill is the first of the Mistry series by Sujata Massey, following the trials and triumphs of Perveen Mistry; a female solicitor in 1920s Bombay. Perveen’s foray into the legal profession is not without hurdles. Frustrated by being the target of relentless bullying by her peers and Professors, Perveen quits her law degree at the Government Law College in Bombay. Following a brief but turbulent marriage into a fellow Zoroastrian family and scarred by her experiences in more ways than one, Perveen escapes to study law at Oxford. Four years later, armed with her degree, Perveen joins her father Jamshedji Mistry’s successful legal practice in Bombay. Unable to appear in ...