Vaseem Khan

On the day he retires, Inspector Ashwin Chopra inherits two unexpected mysteries—an elephant and an unsolved murder. The first is the case of a drowned boy, whose suspicious death no one seems to want solved. And the second is a baby elephant. As his search for clues takes him across the...

India, 1951. After wilfully ignoring orders, Persis Wadia, India's first female police detective, is exiled from Bombay to the wild and mountainous Naga Hills District. As India's first post-Independence election looms, and tensions rise across the country, Persis finds herself banished to the...

In the enchanting new Baby Ganesh Agency novel, Inspector Chopra and his elephant sidekick go undercover to investigate a murder at Mumbai's grandest hotel. For a century the iconic Grand Raj Palace Hotel has welcomed the world's elite. From film stars to foreign dignitaries, anyone who is...

Bombay, New Year's Eve, 1949 As India celebrates the arrival of a momentous new decade, Inspector Persis Wadia stands vigil in the basement of Malabar House, home to the city's most unwanted unit of police officers. Six months after joining the force she remains India's first female police...

The second brilliant novel in the highly acclaimed Malabar House series featuring Persis Wadia, India's first female police detective. A priceless manuscript. A missing scholar. A trail of riddles. Bombay, 1950 For over a century, one of the world's great treasures, a six-hundred-year-old copy...

The third installment in a charming mystery series set in Mumbai, featuring an inspector and his inherited elephant partner, who must track down a missing Bollywood star. Mumbai is a city that thrives on extravagant spectacles and larger-than-life characters—but as Chopra is about to discover...

In the second instalment of a charming mystery series, a Mumbai-based investigator and his elephant partner are on the hunt for the Queen of England's stolen Crown Jewels. For centuries, the Koh-i-Noor diamond has set man against man and king against king. Now part of the British Crown Jewels...

A Quick Reads Baby Ganesh novella, in which Inspector Chopra and his elephant sidekick have two days to solve the mystery of a missing - and very costly - car. An enchanting Baby Ganesh Agency short story: a million-dollar car is missing. Chopra has two days to find it, or the gangster who...

The third incredible novel in the highly acclaimed Malabar House series featuring Persis Wadia, India's first female police detective. A Times Audiobook of the Week Bombay, 1950 When the body of a white man is found frozen in the Himalayan foothills near Dehra Dun, he is christened the Ice Man...

In the fourth rip-roaring thriller in the award-winning Malabar House series, Persis and Archie travel to the old colonial capital of Calcutta, where they collide head-on with the prejudices and bloody politics of an era engulfed in flame. Can a white man receive justice in post-colonial India?...

A new novella in the charming Baby Ganesh Agency series. In a symbolic journey of reconciliation, the Monsoon Express is travelling between hostile neighbours India and Pakistan. The passenger list includes politicians, celebrities, former Mumbai policeman Inspector Chopra and his baby elephant...

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...

'Vaseem Khan writes with charm and wit, and an eye for detail that transports the reader entirely. I couldn't love this series more' CHRIS WHITAKER 'Historical fiction at its finest' MAIL ON SUNDAY From the award-winning author of MIDNIGHT AT MALABAR HOUSE and THE LOST MAN OF BOMBAY comes a...

Bombay, 1951. When once famed British film director, Roger Boorman, is shot dead, his body stuffed into the trunk of his car, Persis, India's first female police detective, is tasked with finding his killer. Working with Archie Blackfinch, a forensic scientist from the Metropolitan Police...

'Complex, completely convincing characters and twist you'll never guess' ALEX MICHAELIDES 'Beautifully structured and peopled with unforgettable characters this is story-telling of the highest order: do not miss it' DAILY MAIL THE WORLD KNOWS HER AS THE GIRL IN CELL A. Convicted of murder at...

In this exclusive interview at Audible Studios in London, Vaseem Khan provides an insight into how he as an author constructs his novels....

Ausgerechnet am Tag seiner Pensionierung passieren im Umfeld von Inspektor Chopra mysteriöse Dinge: Chopra wird mit dem Ertrinkungstod eines kleinen Jungen konfrontiert, um den sich niemand zu kümmern scheint. Zudem findet er ein verlassenes Elefantenbaby, welchem er sich annimmt. Für...

Once every generation there is a Chosen One, who will stand between humanity and darkness. But why is the Chosen One so often a teenager? Why do only children get swept through portals to save the fantastic world on the other side?

Bombay, 1949. È la sera di Capodanno e in tutta la città si celebra la fine del decennio più turbolento della storia dell'India: gli inglesi se ne sono andati e il paese è finalmente indipendente.