The Case of the Deadly Butter Chicken (Vish Puri 3)

About the Book: The Case of the Deadly Butter Chicken

The third book in the Vish Puri Detective series, author Tarquin Hall spins an intriguing tale of murder most foul. A fast paced thriller that has the detective Vish Puri traversing the Indian subcontinent and heading to Pakistan a country he has sworn never to set foot in.

Delhi Durbar, the five star hotel is the scene of the to-be-committed-crime. While watching an Indian Premier League match at the hotel, Vish Puri is confronted by what he loves best-Butter Chicken. It seems that he is not the only one there who has an affinity to this creamy dish. Irfan Khan, father of Pakistani cricketing star, Kamran Khan also has a soft spot for it. Sadly (for him) the utterly butterly delicious dish proves to be fatal. But who would want him dead? With the Delhi cops doing what they do best-being useless-it is up to Most Private Investigators to solve the case. Puri links Khan to a notorious gambling syndicate that seems to control the billion dollar gambling industry in the country. From there his clues drag him to Surat and then across the border to Pakistan. But someone knows he's headed in the wrong direction. Will Vish Puri solve The Case of the Deadly Butter Chicken?

About the Author: Tarquin Hall

Tarquin Hall is a writer and journalist who has lived and worked in South Asia, the Middle East, Africa and the US. He is the author of several non-fiction works including To the Elephant Graveyard: A True Story of the Hunt for a Man-Killing Indian Elephant, Salaam Brick Lane: A Year in New East London as well as the immensely popular Vish Puri stories -The Case of the Missing Servant and The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing.