Wind in the East - Maliha Anderson 4
Formats: E-Book, Paperback, Hardback
Ages: 18+
What if home became a place of dread?
Maliha Anderson returns to her family in French-owned Pondicherry, and it's worse than she expects. Her grandmother is trying to marry her off but that's nothing compared the suicide of an unknown woman in front of a family wedding party.
Or that her rejected lover has returned unexpectedly. Maliha refuses to allow the woman's death to be brushed under the carpet but her investigations bring her to a very dark place. Slavery, sexual violence and taboo relationships guide her to a devastating revelation that might destroy her family.
In a past that never was, the fourth book in the Maliha Anderson series reveals the darkest aspects of human nature with vivid descriptions, intriguing characters, and crisp, elegant prose.
Reviews
Another awesome tale from Steve Turnbull’s desk. I desperately wanted to read the fourth one because in the last one Mr Crier and Maliha were driven apart and being eternally romantic I wanted them to be together. Moreover, the character of Maliha Anderson is close to my heart, since she is part Indian.
This is an entertaining instalment in the adventures of the intrepid female detective Maliha Anderson. Maliha is in Pondicherry, a colonial area in India ruled by the French. She works to solve a crime that has implications for relations between the French and British and that uncovers unpleasant secrets about her family. The descriptions of alternate steam technology is detailed and excellent. This story is set in an alternate historical past in the early 20th century when Britain is the most powerful European empire. Maliha is a mixed race young woman who swims through, and struggles with, the cultural world of Indian natives and British rulers.
