Books by Tarquin Hall
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review 1: An entertaining, yet not idealized, look at life in Delhi from the point of view of a somewhat pompous middle-aged overweight detective. This mystery seemed a little more confusing to me because of a large number of characters, several concurrent investigations, Puri's employees ...
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review 1: I LOVED this book. Tarquin Hall's books are compared to Alexander McCall Smith's No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency Series, which is my go to series for humor, kindness, musings on life, the richness of Botswana and its culture, and lovable characters. The first installment in Hall's ...
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review 1: It was okay. I felt it lacked something but couldn't put my finger on it. It's not meant to be serious, it's meant to be entertaining, but I felt an overwhelming 'so what' about the whole thing. It picked up a little about three quarters of the way through and then ended so sudde...
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review 1: A number of years ago, I read Salaam Brick Lane by Tarquin Hall, an English writer who lives in Delhi and is married to an Indian-born BBC reporter. I loved the book so much that I decided to investigate his other works. It turns out that Hall has written a series of mystery bo...
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review 1: A breath of fresh air in my reading. I'm usually knee deep in the British countryside or a London home. It's nice to visit Delhi and the unusual cases of Mr. Puri. Such wonderful descriptions not just of India or the people, but the food! I was salivating most of the way through ...
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review 1: Vish Puri is a second-generation detective, carrying on his late father’s legacy by investigating a variety of interesting cases in the clamorous city of Delhi. Owner of the prestigious Most Private Investigators, Puri has hired an eclectic but unquestionably talented group of em...