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Bad day at the vulture club (2019 original; edición 2019)

por Vaseem Khan

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In the gripping new Baby Ganesh Agency novel, Inspector Chopra and his elephant sidekick investigate the death of one of Mumbai's wealthiest citizens, a murder with ramifications for its poorest. The Parsees are among the oldest, most secretive and most influential communities in the city: respected, envied and sometimes feared. When prominent industrialist Cyrus Zorabian is murdered on holy ground, his body dumped inside a Tower of Silence - where the Parsee dead are consumed by vultures - the police dismiss it as a random killing. But his daughter is unconvinced. Chopra, uneasy at entering this world of power and privilege, is soon plagued by doubts about the case. But murder is murder. And in Mumbai, wealth and corruption go in hand in hand, inextricably linking the lives of both high and low...… (más)
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Título:Bad day at the vulture club
Autores:Vaseem Khan
Información:London : Mulholland Books, 2019.
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Etiquetas:mystery, India, elephants

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Inspector Chopra is investigating the murder of Cyrus Zorabian, a highly esteemed member of the Persian-Zoroastrian community & Vulture Club. The Zoroastrians of the Vulture Club & community do not bury their dead, rather they leave them for the sacred vultures to devour, thus ensuring the natural cycle of death & life.

Cyrus has been bludgeoned to death on the grounds of the Vulture Towers.... but such an upstanding member of the Persian Community, who could possibly want him dead? Chopra finds that there are many people...

As Chopra's investigations continue he comes across a dubious land buying scheme which has left an innocent man in prison, too many people dead, & a paper trail leading back to Cyrus.

I did take off a star for the boring narratives throughout the book, but still the story held my interest. ( )
  Auntie-Nanuuq | Mar 19, 2021 |
After the slapstick comedy of the last Baby Ganesh Agency mystery, Murder at the Grand Raj Palace, this latest book has a much more serious tone and is the best and tightest constructed mystery so far in the series. Although the tone is more serious, there are still scenes that gave me fits of the giggles, so those of you who prefer light-hearted mysteries, take note. I think one of my favorite chuckles was Khan's homage to Edgar Allan Poe with an injured vulture glaring at people from atop Chopra's bookcase.

The mystery in Bad Day at the Vulture Club kept me guessing, and Chopra, with all his years of police work, is an excellent investigator-- even if his baby elephant sidekick does get into mischief occasionally. In fact, Chopra has such a good reputation with many in the Mumbai police force that his contacts and goodwill there stand him in good stead.

One of the things I enjoy most about this series is the way the character of Chopra's wife, Poppy, has grown. Chopra has a one-track mind and focuses on his investigations while Poppy adds her social issues and causes to the mix. This makes Poppy a very important part of the series because what she's involved in really give readers a true feel for Mumbai-- armchair travel at its best. She and her mother are also gifted with some of Khan's wonderful sense of humor.

After reading Sujata Massey's two Perveen Mistry historical mysteries and now Bad Day at the Vulture Club, I feel that I'm getting to know the Parsees, a group that continues to play such an important part in Mumbai's past, present, and future. In addition, my appreciation of vultures has grown (they may be ugly but they are an important part of life on our planet), and my learning about the Poo2Loo movement (pun intended) has enriched my knowledge of one of the most fascinating countries in the world.

Yes, I highly recommend Vaseem Khan's Baby Ganesh Agency mysteries. Read them and you'll enjoy, learn, and laugh. It doesn't get much better than that. ( )
  cathyskye | Jul 30, 2019 |
Note: I received a hardcover copy of this book at ALA Midwinter 2020.
  fernandie | Sep 15, 2022 |
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To UNICEF and all the other social activists and agencies that work tirelessly across the subcontinent to improve the lot of the disenfranchised and the dispossessed. Often they are unheralded and unrewarded, but, ultimately, appreciated and adored by those to whom they have dedicated their efforts.
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Perched on a rocky outcrop thrusting dramatically into the Arabian Sea halfway up the city's western flank, the Samundra Mahal -- the "palace by the sea" -- seemed to Inspector Ashwin Chopra (Retd) to encapsulate everything he had come to associate with the Parsees of Mumbai.
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Religion warped the minds of men in ways that continued to astonish him. Set against the blind adherence to that-which-had-been-enshrined, common sense and logic could rarely hope to prevail.
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In the gripping new Baby Ganesh Agency novel, Inspector Chopra and his elephant sidekick investigate the death of one of Mumbai's wealthiest citizens, a murder with ramifications for its poorest. The Parsees are among the oldest, most secretive and most influential communities in the city: respected, envied and sometimes feared. When prominent industrialist Cyrus Zorabian is murdered on holy ground, his body dumped inside a Tower of Silence - where the Parsee dead are consumed by vultures - the police dismiss it as a random killing. But his daughter is unconvinced. Chopra, uneasy at entering this world of power and privilege, is soon plagued by doubts about the case. But murder is murder. And in Mumbai, wealth and corruption go in hand in hand, inextricably linking the lives of both high and low...

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