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The Case of the Missing Servant (2009)

Tarquin Hall
Reviewed by Tina Jordan | May 29, 2009
EW's GRADE
A-

Details Release Date: Jun 02, 2009; Writer: Tarquin Hall; Genres: Fiction, Mystery; Publisher: Simon & Schuster

The Story
Botswana has the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency; India has the Most 
Private Investigators, Ltd. Punjabi detective Vish Puri has nothing but trifling cases until a lawyer suspected
 in the death of his maid comes calling.

TV Pitch
Agatha Christie: Poirot in 
 India.

Lowdown
India, captured in all its pungent, vivid glory, fascinates almost as much as the crime itself. A-

Originally posted May 26, 2009 Published in issue #1050 Jun 05, 2009 Order article reprints

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