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01893aam a2200313 i 4500 001 AAB216BC6BC511EDB577093D34ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20221124010022 008 140430t20102009||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 020 $a 1439172374 020 $a 9781439172377 040 $d TxAuBib $e rda $d SILO 100 1 $a Hall, Tarquin, $e author. 245 14 $a The case of the missing servant : $b from the files of Vish Puri, India's most private investigator / $c Tarquin Hall. 250 $a First Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, $c 2010. 300 $a 310 pages ; $c 22 cm. 490 1 $a Vish Puri novel, A ; $v 1 520 $a Meet Vish Puri, Indiaâs most private investigator. Portly, persistent, and unmistakably Punjabi, he cuts a determined swath through modern Indiaâs swindlers, cheats, and murderers. In hot and dusty Delhi, where call centers and malls are changing the ancient fabric of Indian life, Puriâs main work comes from screening prospective marriage partners, a job once the preserve of aunties and family priests. But when an honest public litigator is accused of murdering his maidservant, it takes all of Puriâs resources to investigate. With his team of undercover operativesâTubelight, Flush, and FacecreamâPuri combines modern techniques with principles of detection established in India more than two thousand years ago, and reveals modern India in all its seething complexity. 541 $d 20221108. 650 $a Private investigators $z India $v Fiction. 650 $a Lawyers $v Fiction. 650 $a Murder $x Investigation $v Fiction. 651 $a India $x Fiction. 655 $a Detective and mystery fiction. 830 2 $a A Vish Puri novel ; $v 1. 941 $a 1 952 $l BVPE851 $d 20221124010055.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=AAB216BC6BC511EDB577093D34ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search