The two ladies are locked in a dispute over the prince’s educational options and Perveen must decide what is best for the child. This second installment in the Perveen Mistry series has Perveen traveling to Satapur in the remote Sahyadri mountains to act as a mediator between a widowed mother and her mother-in-law on behalf of a young crown prince. The Satapur Moonstone by Sujata Massey is a 2019 Soho Crime publication. She arrives to find that the palace is full of cold-blooded power plays and ancient vendettas. To solve their dispute over the education of the crown prince, Perveen travels to Satapur, determined to bring peace to the royal house and make a sound recommendation for the young prince's future. The state is now ruled by an agent of the British Raj on behalf of the two maharanis, the dowager queen and her daughter.

Here's the story: It is rainy season and Preveen travels to the princely state of Satapur as a curse seems to have fallen upon its Royal family, with the death of the maharaja and his son.

Would definitely recommend this book to my friends here! 4.4, absolutely loved it, more to follow, and already looking forward to the next book. So Perveen travels to Satapur and the story unfolds. The royal ladies (grandmother and mother) are in dispute over the education of the young crown prince and a lawyer's counsel is required. This book is about the Satapur's royal family, whose maharaja died of a sudden illness, as well as his teenage son, died in a tragic hunting accident.

Wonderfully engaging story, although fictional, a lot to learn, about for example purdah, women living separate and not speaking to men. I loved, loved this 2nd book about woman lawyer Perveen Mistry, set in the princely state of Satapur, tucked away in the remote Sahyadri mountains. In addition to writing, she loves to travel, read, cook, garden and walk. Sujata lives in Baltimore, Maryland, with her family and two dogs. For more about Sujata's books and a full events schedule, subscribe to her newsletter, Sujata's other works include THE SLEEPING DICTIONARY (2013) and eleven Rei Shimura mysteries published from 1997-2014. The second Perveen novel, THE SATAPUR MOONSTONE, won the Bruce Alexander Best Historical Mystery Award in 2020. Additionally, the book won the Bruce Alexander Best Historical Mystery Award, the Agatha Award for Best Historical Mystery and the Mary Higgins Clark Award, all in 2019. THE WIDOWS OF MALABAR HILL, the first Perveen novel, was named a Best Mystery/Thriller of 2018 and also an Amazon Best Mystery/Thriller of 2018. In June, 2021, THE BOMBAY PRINCE, third book in the series, releases in the US/Canada and Australia/New Zealand it will be published by Penguin India later the same month. She is best known for the Perveen Mistry series published in the United States by Soho Press and in India by Penguin Random House India. Sujata Massey is the author of historical and mystery fiction set in Asia.

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