Podcast appearances and mentions of Sujata Massey

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The dynamic author Sujata Massey joined me in conversation earlier this summer and shared her resolution to make it her best summer by “only reading pleasurable and escapist books”! Why not take this idea into the hectic ‘Back to School' season too? Join us as Sujata shares more about her latest Perveen Mistry historical mystery set in 1920s India and don't miss her fun suggestions for light reading and how to make some free fun for yourself WITHOUT getting on a plane!Sujata was first on the podcast on Ep. 60 which you can catch right here! Hear our latest chat now on iTunes,Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts, and if you enjoyed this, PLEASE SHARE THE EPISODE WITH A FRIEND!SHOWNOTES for Mini-Edit 5:Connect with Sujata through her website and InstagramBuy the Perveen Mistry Book 4 here (The Mistress of Bhatia House)Other books and other tips we discussed on the show:Tehrangeles by Porochista KhakpourThe Hachette Book of Indian Detective Fiction Volumes I and IIWives like Us by Plum SykesThe Lost boy of Santa Chiomia The Franchise Affair and Brat Farrar by Josephine TeySupport the show via Patreon!Questions? Comments? Get in touch @theindianeditpodcast on Instagram! Want to talk gardens? Follow me @readyourgardenSpecial thanks to Sudipta Biswas and the team at The Media Tribe for audio-post production!

Barbara Peters in conversation with Stephen Mack Jones and Sujata Massey

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This week, Shannon, Melissa, Sara, Brooke, Georgina, and Stacy are discussing some of their most anticipated July releases. Titles mentioned include: Sara Desai, To Have and To Heist Laura Lippman, Prom Mom Elle Everhart, Wanderlust Kate Weston, Murder on a School Night Kristy Woodson Harvey, The Summer of Songbirds Jessica Joyce, You, With a View Ann Aguirre, The Only Purple House In Town (Fix-It Witches #4) Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Back (One of Us Is Lying #3) Jess Everlee, A Rulebook for Restless Rogues (Lucky Lovers of London #2) Delise Torres, One Tough Cookie Jenny Colgan, The Summer Skies Julie Anne Long, How To Tame a Wild Rogue (Palace of Rogues #6) Sujata Massey, Mistress of Bhatia House (Perveen Mistry #4) Shari Lapena, Everyone Here Is Lying Katherine Center, Hello Stranger Meriam Metoui, A Guide To the Dark Samantha Downing, A Twisted Love Lauren Parvizi, La Vie, According To RoseYou can always contact the Book Bistro team by searching @BookBistroPodcast on facebook, or visiting: https://www.facebook.com/BookBistroPodcast/ You can also send an email to: TheBookBistroPodcast@gmail.com For more information on the podcast and the team behind it, please visit: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/book-bistro

Join us for the second Perveen Mistry adventure in 1920s India- The Satapur Moonstone by Sujata Massey. We don't reveal whodunnit but there are some plot spoilers. In Mystery Business, we discuss sleuthing shows that are perfect Friday night fodder. Case Notes is an analysis of the latest development from the Schmeozzle. In Purrcule Pawrot, we reminisce about the late, great Hastings the cat. This leads us to his hapless namesake, Captain Hastings from Agatha Christie's Poirot. We also discuss the poison chalice of celebrity, palanquin rides and fake monkeys. Mystery Mentions Death in Paradise Beyond Paradise Search Party High Rise Mystery- Sharna Jackson Next book for 27th March: Murder on Bamboo Lane by Naomi Hirahara In the mood for more mystery? Check out our review of The Widows of Malabar Hill (also by Sujata Massey) Follow us on Instagram: @missingsalmoncase Share with a friend: The Unsolved Case of the Missing Salmon Nominate a Queen of Crime: missingsalmoncase@gmail.com This podcast is created, produced and edited by Maddy Berry and Hannah Knight. Our music is sourced from Melody Loops and composed by Geoff Harvey.

Sujata Massey is the author of fifteen novels, most of them mysteries. Starting with The Widows of Malabar Hill, the three books in this historical feminist series set in 1920s India have won the Agatha, Macavity, Lefty, and Mary Higgins Clark awards, and been finalists for the Shamus and Harper Lee Legal Fiction awards. Her earlier mystery series featuring amateur sleuth Rei Shimura is set in modern Japan. Sujata is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and is a former reporter for the Baltimore Evening Sun newspaper. She lives in Baltimore with her family and travels to Asia to research her books.Books mentioned in the podcast:Big Magic by Elizabeth GilbertThe Artists Way by Julia CameronSeven Steps on the Writer's Path: The Journey from Frustration to Fulfillment by Nancy Pickard and Lynn LottFacebook Page http://facebook.com/sujatamasseyauthorTwitter @sujatamasseyauthorInstagram sujatamasseyauthorWebsite http://sujatamassey.comThis episode was recorded in February 2022.*****The Eleanor Taylor Bland Crime Fiction Writers of Color Award is an annual grant of $2,000 for an emerging writer of color. Submissions are open through March 31. For more information, go to this website. https://www.sistersincrime.org/page/eleanortaylorblandYou don't have to be a member of Sisters in Crime to submit your materials for consideration. *****Sisters in Crime was founded in 1986 to promote the ongoing advancement, recognition and professional development of women crime writers. Through advocacy, programming and leadership, SinC empowers and supports all crime writers regardless of genre or place on their career trajectory.www.SistersinCrime.orgInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/sincnational/Twitter: https://twitter.com/SINCnationalFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/sistersincrimeThe SinC Writers' Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/

Join us for a gruesome golden age mystery from one of our Queens of Crime - Death of Jezebel by Christianna Brand. We don't reveal whodunnit but there are some plot spoilers. In Mystery Business, we discuss the American version of The Traitors, featuring the very excellent Alan Cummings. In Purrcule Pawrot, Maddy reveals that Hercule is suffering from separation anxiety. There is also disappointment about the representation of a TV cat in Extraordinary. We also talk about an international trip, May Queens and spreading the Queens of Crime word. Mystery Mentions Jane Harper - The Dry Val McDermid - 1979 series Val McDermid - A Place of Execution Christianna Brand - Green for Danger, Tour de Force, London Particular, Suddenly at His Residence and Heads You Lose AOB OutsideIn - clothing brand tackling homelessness - for each item purchased, they donate an additional item to someone experiencing homelessness Next book for 13th March: The Satapur Moonstone by Sujata Massey. In the mood for more mystery? Check out our episode on Green for Danger, also by Christianna Brand Follow us on Instagram: @missingsalmoncase Share with a friend: The Unsolved Case of the Missing Salmon Nominate a Queen of Crime: missingsalmoncase@gmail.com This podcast is created, produced and edited by Maddy Berry and Hannah Knight. Our music is sourced from Melody Loops and composed by Geoff Harvey.

Join us for a Singaporean mystery from one of our Queens of Crime - Aunty Lee's Delights, by Ovidia Yu. We don't reveal whodunnit but there are some plot spoilers. FYI- there is one light (but justified) swear in this episode. In Mystery Business, we discuss The Traitors, and classic party game, Mafia/Werewolves. In a snack-heavy episode, we identify Smarties and discuss cheese and Marmite whirls. There is also an on-air tea-leaf disaster. Mystery Mentions Tree Mystery Series - Ovidia Yu (mentioned on this episode: The Frangipani Tree Mystery, The Mimosa Tree Mystery and The Mushroom Tree Mystery) Death in High Heels - Christianna Brand 4:50 From Paddington - Agatha Christie Our next episode, released on 13th February will be a Shermozzle! If you'd like to get ahead of the game though and join us in reading for our episode on 27th February, we'll be discussing The Satapur Moonstone by Sujata Massey. In the mood for more mystery? Check out our episode on The Mimosa Tree Mystery, also by Ovidia Yu Follow us on Instagram: @missingsalmoncase Share with a friend: The Unsolved Case of the Missing Salmon Nominate a Queen of Crime: missingsalmoncase@gmail.com This podcast is created, produced and edited by Maddy Berry and Hannah Knight. Our music is sourced from Melody Loops and composed by Geoff Harvey.

'The Bombay Prince' by Sujata Massey takes out 7th place on our 2022 Review Season recommendations. The novel, which covers the arrival of Prince Edward the 8th in Bombay through the eyes of India's first and only female lawyer, Perveen Mistry, is primed to open our eyes to the everyday conflicts that erupt between the British powers and the everyday Indian citizen, as well as every in between that is caught up in this historical struggle of identity. As part of our breakdown in 2021 we had a nice long chat about how Indian murder mystery is a perfect genre to rediscover the heritage of India itself. It is a genre that is all about going through incredibly difficult and often thankless work in order to uncover long forgotten and inconvenient truths that expose the true villains of the story.

Such a delight to meet someone who continues to pursue a wide range of interests while specializing enough to be a University Professor! Usha Raman is Professor of Communication at the University of Hyderabad, Vice President of the International Association for Media and Communication Research, Editor of ‘Teacher Plus' magazine, writer for ‘The Hindu', and a core team member of the Hyderabad Literary Festival. Phew! Usha shares her journalistic journey, her adventures in reading, writing, teaching and podcasting here on Episode 76. Her fantastic tips on what to listen to and read right now are not to be missed!Listen now on your favorite podcast app, or at www.theindianedit.com and please take a second to rate us wherever you're listening so the voices of these inspiring women can be heard all over the world!SHOWNOTES FOR EPISODE 76:Find Usha at her website, on instagram, her substack and Twitter: @usharamanUsha's Podcast Reading for our times and magazine Teacher PlusThe Hyderabad Literary Festival in late JanuaryPODCAST TIPS:How to Fail with Elizabeth Day - Usha recommends the Stanley Tucci and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie episodesEmpire podcast with Anita Anand and William DalrympleAmit Varma's podcast The Seen and The Unseen: episode on with Urvashi Butalia is here883 to Infinity (podcast by a Bombay and Karachi based duo)BOOKS we discussed:Sujata Massey's Perveen Mistry booksHarini Nagendra's books including the Bangalore Detectives ClubSiddhartha Mukherjee's booksAgatha Christie's And Then There were None audiobook read by Dan StevensNora Ephron's Heartburn read by Meryl StreepBeloved read by Toni Morrisson The Dutch House by Ann Patchett read by Tom HanksQuestions? Comments? Get in touch @theindianeditpodcast on Instagram !Special thanks to Varun Dhabe and the team @ Boon Castle / Flying Carpet Productions for audio post-production engineering!

Summary: Grab your SPF 30 and watch out for rip currents, we're headed to the beach! Today, Holly and Devin bring books that take place at the beach and by the sea. The summer vibes are strong, and Holly and Devin find that they crave more whimsical, light versions of the books in their wheelhouses this time of year. They agree that beach-themed books across genres can flood the market and not all of them are gems. When done well, however, these books provide escapism and fun they both can't get enough of.  Topics Discussed: The Dagger (4:06): Holly discussed Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie, a 1941 murder mystery novel that follows our favorite detective Hercule Poirot on what was meant to be a vacation and quickly turns into the murder investigation of the beautiful actress, Arlena Marshall. Her key takeaways were: The beach is central to the novel in both fun and important ways; Arlena is found strangled on the beach, and Poirot tracks the fun in the sun activities of all his suspects throughout the novel until we find our killer. As with Christie's other novels, this book is a product of the time in which it was written and some descriptions of characters or phrases contain the racism and xenophobia prevalent at the time, and unfortunately still prevalent in many arenas today.  If you're looking for books with a similar structure but a more modern voice, Holly recommends: Sujata Massey's the Satapur Moonstone (from Ep. 6) Soji Shimada's Murder in the Crooked House Shamini Flint's Inspector Singh Investigates Series Christopher Huang's A Gentleman's Murder Christie's books are hinged on small details - objects, things that go missing or suddenly reappear, timing, etc. and the puzzle of it all is Holly's favorite part; you know that by the end you will have found the killer, and the rest of the time is fun in the sun following Poirot as he hunts.  The Heart (19:03): Devin discussed The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune, a novel following boring, solitary Linus Baker from his desk job for the Department in Charge of Magical Youth (DICOMY) to a magical orphanage on an island in which 6 magical children reside with their caretaker, the charming Arthur Parnassus. Her key takeaways were: The beach and ocean in this novel play myriad roles, but the clearest comes in the contracts between Linus' life before (very black and white) and his life when he arrives on the island (high saturation, vibrant color). It serves to separate the orphanage from the mainland, but also brings comfort, power, and happiness to all the characters. The quirky and fascinating cast of characters (including the Antichrist and a were-Pomeranian) teach Linus (and therefore the reader) about passion, authenticity, love, and finding your own super power. Linus is the only non-magical person on the island, and his evolution shows us that kindness is magical too.  Klune, in an interview, stated that this novel was inspired in part by The Sixties Scoop - the mass removal of Aboriginal children from their families to the child welfare system, in most cases without consent, throughout the 1960s in Canada. This caused a fair bit of controversy, and readers can choose to engage with the book or not at their discretion. However, we encourage respect for T.J. Klune himself and remind everyone that inspiration can come from anywhere - it doesn't mean the work itself is valueless.  Hot On the Shelf (37:17): Holly: The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine  Devin: Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert What's Making Our Hearts Race (41:20): Holly: Season 4 of Stranger Things on Netflix Devin: Heartstopper on Netflix Graphic Novel Series: Heartstopper by Alice Oseman Instagram: @heartsanddaggerspod Website: www.heartsanddaggerspod.com If you like what you hear, please tell your friends and rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify so that we can find our perfect audience. 

We discuss chapters 27-36 of Sujata Massey's 'The Bombay Prince', the third novel in the Perveen Mistry series. Veering from disarmingly peaceful to chaotically confronting effortlessly and bewilderingly, Perveen Mistry is on the tail of Freny's killer, but someone else is on hers. Can justice be done before the danger proves too great? Will Herds finally get to witness the almighty kiss he's been so desperately waiting for?We also chat about the culmination of our Indian leg of the Murder Mystery World Tour. In a journey full of familiar tales, we talk our key takeaways and favourite insights from this surprisingly consistent journey of subcontinental diversity. We hear from Sulari Gentill at BAD: Sydney Crime Writers' Festival 2021, as well as Nev March, Abir Mukherjee, and RV Raman from previous episodes in this leg, all of which you can hear in full on the podcast.

Sujata Massey is the author of fifteen novels, most of them mysteries. Starting with The Widows of Malabar Hill, the three books in this historical feminist series set in 1920s India have won the Agatha, Macavity, Lefty, and Mary Higgins Clark awards, and been finalists for the Shamus and Harper Lee Legal Fiction awards. Her earlier mystery series featuring amateur sleuth Rei Shimura is set in modern Japan. Sujata is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and is a former reporter for the Baltimore Evening Sun newspaper. She lives in Baltimore with her family and travels to Asia to research her books.Books mentioned in the podcast:Big Magic by Elizabeth GilbertThe Artists Way by Julia CameronSeven Steps on the Writer's Path: The Journey from Frustration to Fulfillment by Nancy Pickard and Lynn LottFacebook Page http://facebook.com/sujatamasseyauthorTwitter sujatamasseyauthorInstagram sujatamasseyauthorWebsite http://sujatamassey.com********************Sisters in Crime was founded in 1986 to promote the ongoing advancement, recognition and professional development of women crime writers. Through advocacy, programming and leadership, SinC empowers and supports all crime writers regardless of genre or place on their career trajectory.www.SistersinCrime.orgInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/sincnational/Twitter: https://twitter.com/SINCnationalFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/sistersincrime

We discuss chapters 13-26 of Sujata Massey's 'The Bombay Prince', the third novel in the Perveen Mistry series. The courts begin inquiries to the death of Freny Cuttingmaster, and Perveen has already made enemies that threaten to get in the way of fair conduct. Drama about finances around the school also bring the staff into question, but can Perveen break through the institution's legal defence?We're also joined by Sena Desai Gopal to talk about her debut novel 'The 86th Village', out this week, telling the story of a small regional town rife with corruption after a decades-old dam construction threw caution to the wind.

We discuss chapters 1-12 of Sujata Massey's 'The Bombay Prince', the third novel in the Perveen Mistry series. A young Freny Cuttingmaster visits Perveen at her office, inquiring about her legal options for avoiding the procession of Prince Edward. When Perveen goes to see the procession days later, Freny's corpse is found with her head smashed in, and the local police begin carelessly preparing to assume suicide. The last stop in our Indian tour for 2022 brings all the familiar sights and sounds back to the table as Perveen sets about bringing justice for Freny and her family.Ahead of the 2022 Sydney Writers' Festival, we're joined by author Dinuka McKenzie to discuss her novel 'The Torrent', and the turbulent journey to motherhood for its protagonist. Catch Dinuka in conversation with Suzanne Leal, Jane Caro, and Laura Elizabeth Woollett for 'Mother of All Crimes' at the festival on the 20th of May.

Join us for a fascinating investigation led by Perveen Mistry, Bombay's only female lawyer in 1920s India- The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey. Spoiler alert! We will be revealing whodunnit so read before you listen. There's 'tasty' Mystery Business as Maddy reveals unexpected treats from Hay on Wye. We mull over the silliness of 1980s spoof murder mystery, Clue. In Queens of Crime, we consider a contender and the latest book by Val McDermid. We also discuss a cheese and pineapple hedgehog, The Hottest Samosa and Miss Congeniality. Mystery Mentions The Horizontal Man - Helen Eustace The Daughter of Time - Josephine Tey The Wooden Overcoat - Pamela Branch 1979 and Lindsay Gordon Mysteries - Val McDermid AOB: Cornelia Sorabji and Mithan Tata Lam (India's earliest women lawyers and inspiration for Perveen), Bloody Good Period - charity fighting for period equity. Next book for 11th April: The Franchise Affair- Josephine Tey In the mood for more mystery? Check out The Mimosa Tree Mystery (S2, Episode 5) (also has a 1920s female sleuth but living in Singapore) Follow us on Instagram: @missingsalmoncase Share with a friend: The Unsolved Case of the Missing Salmon Send us your Queen of Crime: missingsalmoncase@gmail.com This podcast is created, produced and edited by Maddy Berry and Hannah Knight. Our music is sourced from Melody Loops and composed by Geoff Harvey.

Summary: Today, Holly and Devin dig into one of their favorite themes, books set in the past! They are in agreement that historical settings work well for both mysteries and romances, especially when the author does their research and works hard to make the setting vivid and accurate. Both books touched on feminist characters and themes, and have connections to the British colonial empire. Beyond that, though, the books diverge in plot but remain united as fantastic examples of historical settings done well. Topics Discussed: The Dagger (2:24): Holly discussed The Satapur Moonstone by Sujata Massey. The year is 1922 and the princely state of Satapur, India has suffered multiple tragedies that culminate in the new king being a 10 year-old boy. The dowager queen and her daughter-in-law seek the aid of Perveen Mistry, the only female lawyer in Bombay. Her key takeaways from this book were: Feminism and female empowerment are a major theme, with explorations ranging from a purdah (custom in some Muslim and Hindu societies where women sequester themselves to stay out of sight of men) to a woman going to Oxford to become a lawyer and coming back to pioneer the career in Bombay.  The vivid description of the environment and the jungle/rural area of Satapur transported Holly in an enjoyable way; Massey described the treacherous journeys back and forth from where Perveen was staying and the palace itself. If you enjoy literary mysteries and historical fiction, this series is a must-read. Massey's books combine the techniques of Agatha Christie and Louise Penny, while following a badass lawyer.  The Heart (18:46): Devin discussed Portrait for a Scotsman by Evie Dunmore. In this third book of the League of Extraordinary Women series, Dunmore explores 1880s England and Scotland with two enemies who end up in a forced marriage - Hattie Greenfield and Lucian Blackstone. Her key takeaways were: Dunmore touches on similar themes to her past novels in the series, driving home key messages on the patriarchy and the restrictive society in late 19th century England. In this novel, though, she adds an extra socialist layer by examining themes like worker's rights and socioeconomic inequality. If you ship Dramione (Draco Malfoy/Hermione Granger), this is the book for you. The romance and intimacy is explicitly and steamy, and the redemption arc for Lucian as the initial villain is juicy.  At times, Hattie comes across as just a bit too privileged and pampered to be sympathetic, whereas Lucian is the true hero of the book and the exploration into his motivations and traumas is the actual cornerstone of the book.  Hot On the Shelf (41:04): Holly: A Court of Mist and Fury Sarah J Maas Devin: Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks What's Making Our Hearts Race (47:46): Holly: Love is Blind Japan on Netflix Devin: Our Flag Means Death on HBO Max Instagram: @heartsanddaggerspod Website: www.heartsanddaggerspod.com If you like what you hear, please tell your friends and rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify so that we can find our perfect audience. 

This mystery novel featuring Perveen Mistry (get it?) is also an engrossing work of historical fiction. We learn about different religious and family structures in 1920s Bombay, and we also learn about how the story's split timeline impacts the narrative. Also, Cyrus sucks. Boo Cyrus. Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis. Advertise on Overdue See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We discuss chapters 1-18 of Abir Mukherjee's latest thriller, The Shadows of Men. Taking a step away from our normal fair-play pastures, The Shadows of Men plants us in 1923 Calcutta, where Sergeant Surendrenath 'Surrender-Not' Banerjee has found himself arrested over the murder and attempted arson of Hindu thought leader Prashant Mukherjee. Captain Sam Wyndham bails him out of jail, but then the Sergeant's only alibi, Lord Commissioner Taggart, is felled by a makeshift explosive. Suren goes on the run, fearing Taggart's stay in hospital might conclude with his hanging if he can't find the true culprit. Riots claim the city, and common sense is a distant memory.We also discuss a few options for wider reading in India's flourishing field of crime fiction. Our recommendations include Abir's 'Smoke and Ashes', Ajay Chowdhury's upcoming 'The Cook', Salil Desai's '3 and a Half Murders', Soumon Chaterjee's 'The Calcutta Conundrum', Sujata Massey's 'The Widows of Malabar Hill/A Murder at Malabar Hill', Kishwar Desai's 'Witness the Night', and Ankush Saikia's 'More Bodies Will Fall'.

General Nev's website: https://nevmarch.com/ Follow Nev on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nevmarch Buy Nev's first novel ‘Murder in Old Bombay' here: https://read.macmillan.com/lp/murder-in-old-bombay/ Pre-order the sequel ‘Peril at the Exposition' here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250855039/perilattheexposition The Rajabai Clock Tower deaths, upon which Nev's novel is based: https://www.livemint.com/Sundayapp/qrOhGQVncpDmnvio4RJx9O/The-mystery-of-the-clock-tower-deaths.html Sample Vikas Adam's reading of the book here: https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Murder-in-Old-Bombay-Audiobook/1250775043 References Sujata Massey: https://sujatamassey.com/ Abir Mukherjee: https://abirmukherjee.com/ Iona's podcast with Dinyar Patel about the Indian independence pioneer Dadabhai Naoroji: https://soundcloud.com/twoforteapodcast/99-dinyar-patel-dadabhai-naoroji-nationalist-pioneer Nev's account of visiting the Rajabai Clock Tower: https://nevmarch.com/visit-to-the-tower Interview with Nev by Marshal Zeringue, April 21 2021: https://writerinterviews.blogspot.com/2021/04/nev-march.html Sign up to Nazneen Engineer's Zoroastrian survey: https://survey.sogosurvey.com/survey1.aspx?k=RSsRQXYPPsTsPsPsP&lang=0 Timestamps 0:56 Introduction 3:04 Nev reads a passage from ‘Murder in Old Bombay'. 8:06 Nev discusses the historical details of the infamous Rajabai Clock Tower deaths and her knowledge of the story growing up. How the mysteriousness of the case intrigued her and inspired her to create a fictional detective and write a novel to ‘solve' this old crime. 12:15 Nev's love of the Sherlock Holmes stories and how this influenced her novel. Her other influences and the Easter eggs in the novel. Her protagonist, Captain Jim. 19:15 A comparison between Nev and other Raj-era historical fiction writers Sujata Massey and Abir Mukherjee. 24:33 Clashes of identity and problems of belonging in Nev's novel, particularly around Parsi identity - and how this relates to Iona and Nev's personal experiences. How dealing with such issues affected the novel. 32:29 Iona's reading experience and Nev's writing experience. The audio version of ‘Murder in Old Bombay'. 35:46 Nev's style. The panoramic, cinematographic nature of Nev's writing and scope. Comparison to Salman Rushdie - writers who span two cultures and who are concerned with hybridity. 37:27 Where/how did Nev plan and write the novel? Nev's visit to the Rajabai Clock Tower and Iona's memories of it from when she lived in Bombay. 45:22 Nev reads another passage from the book. 49:08 What did Nev mean when she said “Truly, we write to discover what we think” in an interview from last year? What did she discover she thought when writing her novel? Questions of identity and patriotism and Nev's ‘middle ground'. Complexities and contradictions in human behaviour. 54:41 Good novels explore moments of tension and ambivalences in human nature. 55:40 Nev reads another passage from the book. 1:00:00 Iona reads a passage from the book. 1:05:50 Nev discusses the forthcoming sequel to ‘Murder in Old Bombay', ‘Peril at the Exposition'. How the problems of the turn of the century period she sets her fiction in are reflected today. The types of historical events Nev is attracted to. 1:14:10 Nev reads another passage from the book. 1:19:50 Last words.

Grab a cup of chai, a glass of champagne, or go for a walk and hear how my new favorite book series starring Perveen Mistry, lawyer and sleuth extraordinaire, was created! Author of this historical mystery series which includes The Widows of Malabar Hill, The Satapur Moonstone, and The Bombay Prince, Sujata Massey tells me her own story of journalism, Japan and more on the latest episode of the podcast!Listen now on your favorite podcast app, or www.theindianedit.com and please take a second to rate us wherever you're listening so the voices of these inspiring women can be heard all over the world!SHOWNOTES FOR EPISODE 60:Sujata Massey's website and instagramGo buy Perveen Mistry and Sujata's other books at Bookshop.orgFollow us on Instagram for more on our guests and everything we mentioned in this episode! BOOKS and MORE:Soniah Kamal's UnmarriageableHarini Nagendra's upcoming mystery set in Bengaluru The Bangalore Detectives Club and her previous Cities and CanopiesNev Marsh's Murder in Old Bombay: A MysteryRohinton Mistry's workAmitav Ghosh's booksPico Iyer's Video Night in Kathmandu: And Other Reports from the Not-So-Far-EastQuestions? Comments? Get in touch @theindianeditpodcast on Instagram !Special thanks to Varun Dhabe and the team @ Boon Castle / Flying Carpet Productions for audio post-production engineering!

On this episode, Antariksh is joined by fellow producer Vishal, and Ambi Parameswaran, host of 'The Sponge podcast', co-host of 'The Last Brand Standing' podcast, Founder of Brand-Building.com, brand strategist, veteran ad-man with over 35 years of experience, and a fellow pop-culture nerd! Antariksh and Vishal pick Ambi's brain about the most controversial ads, what makes an ad supposedly controversial, some famous ads that were not taken to well, like the famous Tuff Shoes print ad with a naked Milind Soman and Madhu Sapre, the Tanishq ad from earlier this year that got twisted by trolls, Myntra's troubles in a similar regard, and lots more. Ambi also talks about working with Doordarshan back in the day, the famous 'United Breaks Guitars' song, why it seems like some companies like Zomato like to court controversy, and tons more. They also discuss some of their favurite ads ever - like Indica v2, Happydent, the recent Cadbury gender swap cricket ad, the Bisleri ad with camels, and more.Also, don't miss some awesome recommendations where Ambi recommends the Tamil movie 'Sarpatta Parambarai', the tv series 'Navarasa', and author Sujata Massey's books. Vishal recommends the Lallantop YouTube channel and their series called 'Duniyadaari', and Antariksh recommends 'Free Guy' starring Ryan Reynolds.Follow Ambi Parameswaran on Twitter:https://twitter.com/ambimgpFollow Ambi Parameswaran on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aparameswaranFollow Ambi Parameswaran on Instagram: https://instagram.com/ambimgp?utm_medium=copy_linkFollow Vishal Dube on Instagram: https://instagram.com/vd_hard2win?igshid=1lfdvpdraa5coFollow Antariksh Takkar on Instagram: https://instagram.com/antariksht?utm_medium=copy_linkYou can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at https://www.ivmpodcasts.com/

With her easy to listen to voice, and her subtly changing accents and rhythm for the Indian and British characters, Mathan performs the third in the Perveen Mistry series. Host Jo Reed and AudioFile's Robin Whitten discuss this series that evokes the feel of the heat of Bombay. Mistry, the only female lawyer in India, seeks justice for a female Parsi student found dead on the day of Prince Edward VIII's arrival in Bombay, November 1921. Massey paints detailed pictures of a city divided by religions and dominated by British rule. Listeners will find themselves engaged with the well-written and well-performed invitation into Mistry's complex world. Read the full review of the audiobook on AudioFile's website. Published by Recorded Books. Find more audiobook recommendations at audiofilemagazine.com Support for Behind the Mic comes from Naxos AudioBooks. Read by Nicholas Boulton, MY CHILDHOOD is the first in an autobiographical trilogy by the Russian writer and five-time Nobel Prize-nominee Maxim Gorky. Gorky's depiction of 19th-century Russia through the eyes of his younger self is remarkable. As he recalls memories of his youth, contrasting themes and emotions are revealed, from barbaric joy to dark gloom, genuine cruelty and saint-like forbearance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Reviews of 'The Bombay Prince' by Sujata Massey set in pre-Independence India, and 'Small Pleasures' by Clare Chambers set in the suburbs of 1950s London. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://eshe.in/2021/08/15/a-mystery-in-history-the-bombay-prince-and-small-pleasures/

Sujata Massey, author of the Perveen Mistry novels, joins me to chat about The Bombay Prince, the 3rd mystery in the series. Tune in to find out how what you wear is more than a fashion statement, what dish you must try if you visit India, and why Perveen is a lawyer. Plus, hear about the real-life women trailblazers who inspired Sujata to create Perveen. Find Sujata at https://sujatamassey.com/ and on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/sujatamasseyauthor/ Subscribe to the podcast on your favorite podcast app so you don't miss an episode. If you enjoy the show, please leave a 5-star rating or review. Web: https://thecozycornerwithalexiagordon.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thecozycornerpodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/podcast_cozy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podcast_cozy/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/alexia_gordon/the-cozy-corner-with-alexia-gordon-podcast/ Support the podcast on Patreon! Gain access to patron-only posts, thank you gifts, and giveaways! A donation of as little as $3/month gets you a shout-out on The Cozy Corner. Sign up here: https://www.patreon.com/AuthorAlexiaGordonand thank you for your support. Find me, your podcast host, at: Web https://alexiagordon.net/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AlexiaGordon.writer Twitter: https://twitter.com/alexiagordon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drlex1995/ https://www.instagram.com/alexiagordonauthor/ Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/alexiagordon/poc2pov

Sujata Massey, author of the Perveen Mistry novels, joins me to chat about The Bombay Prince, the 3rd mystery in the series. Tune in to find out how what you wear is more than a fashion statement, what dish you must try if you visit India, and why Perveen is a lawyer. Plus, hear about the real-life women trailblazers who inspired Sujata to create Perveen. Find Sujata at https://sujatamassey.com/ and on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/sujatamasseyauthor/ Subscribe to the podcast on your favorite podcast app so you don't miss an episode. If you enjoy the show, please leave a 5-star rating or review. Web: https://thecozycornerwithalexiagordon.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thecozycornerpodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/podcast_cozy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podcast_cozy/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/alexia_gordon/the-cozy-corner-with-alexia-gordon-podcast/ Support the podcast on Patreon! Gain access to patron-only posts, thank you gifts, and giveaways! A donation of as little as $3/month gets you a shout-out on The Cozy Corner. Sign up here: https://www.patreon.com/AuthorAlexiaGordonand thank you for your support. Find me, your podcast host, at: Web https://alexiagordon.net/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AlexiaGordon.writer Twitter: https://twitter.com/alexiagordon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drlex1995/ https://www.instagram.com/alexiagordonauthor/ Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/alexiagordon/poc2pov

Sujata Massey, author of the Perveen Mistry novels, joins me to chat about The Bombay Prince, the 3rd mystery in the series. Tune in to find out how what you wear is more than a fashion statement, what dish you must try if you visit India, and why Perveen is a lawyer. Plus, hear about the real-life women trailblazers who inspired Sujata to create Perveen. Find Sujata at https://sujatamassey.com/ and on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/sujatamasseyauthor/ Subscribe to the podcast on your favorite podcast app so you don't miss an episode. If you enjoy the show, please leave a 5-star rating or review. Web: https://thecozycornerwithalexiagordon.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thecozycornerpodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/podcast_cozy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podcast_cozy/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/alexia_gordon/the-cozy-corner-with-alexia-gordon-podcast/ Support the podcast on Patreon! Gain access to patron-only posts, thank you gifts, and giveaways! A donation of as little as $3/month gets you a shout-out on The Cozy Corner. Sign up here: https://www.patreon.com/AuthorAlexiaGordonand thank you for your support. Find me, your podcast host, at: Web https://alexiagordon.net/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AlexiaGordon.writer Twitter: https://twitter.com/alexiagordon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drlex1995/ https://www.instagram.com/alexiagordonauthor/ Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/alexiagordon/poc2pov

Hello our literary adventurers! Welcome back to another episode of the Colored Pages Book Club. This week, it is suits you, join the dynamic labyrinth traveling duo Marci and Ako as they explore the fantasy mystery novella "The Labyrinth's Archivist: A Broken Cities Novella by Day Al-Mohamed.  That's right folks, we've got bureaucracy, mystery, lizard beings, and so much more in this CPBC Summer Short!  Intro/Question: 00:12 - 11:55 Summary: 12:15 - 46:36 Discussion: 46:49 - 1:08:49   Thanks for the shout out Luke from Ink to Film. Check them out here All Episodes of Ink to Film — Ink to Film Podcast  Ink to Film is creating Podcasts | Patreon And check out more the Perveen Mistry Series at Sujata Massey website here  Sujata Massey - Author of the Perveen Mistry and Rei Shimura Series Wanna stay afloat on all our latest episodes? You can find the links to our Twitter (@TheColoredPages), Instagram (@TheseColoredPages), Website (thesecoloredpages.com), and Reading List here: linktr.ee/thecoloredpages .You can also reach us directly by emailing us at thesecoloredpages@gmail.com .Come say hi!!

In this episode, hosts Elizabeth and Sarah talk about their new favorite historical mystery series, Abir Mukherjee's Wyndham & Banerjee Mysteries, set in 1920s India. It speaks to themes relevant to today's readers, such as addiction and PTSD, even as its setting offers a delightful escape. Titles discussed in this episode include: A Rising Man, A Necessary Evil, Smoke and Ashes, and Death in the East, all by Abir Mukherjee. Also mentioned: Sujata Massey's Perveen Mistry series; The Ibis Trilogy by Amitav Ghosh; The Red Hot Chilli Writers podcast; and the Baby Ganesh Detective Agency series and the Malabar House series, both by Vaseem Khan. Music: Tim Moor via Pixabay

Barbara Peters in conversation with Sujata Massey and Nev March

Kim Pittar from Muir's Independent Bookshop in Gisborne reviews The Bombay Prince by Sujata Massey, published by Allen & Unwin

Kim Pittar from Muir's Independent Bookshop in Gisborne reviews The Bombay Prince by Sujata Massey, published by Allen & Unwin

This week, Shannon, Kristin, and Brooke are discussing books set in places they'd like to visit. Titles mentioned include: Colleen Oakley, The Invisible Husband of Frick Island Samantha Young, On Dublin Street (On Dublin Street #1) Jade Alters, Magical Midlife Reaping (Reapers of Crescent City #1) Sujata Massey, The Widows of Malabar Hill (Perveen Mistry #1) Johanna Lindsey, The Present (Mallory-Anderson Families #6) Nora Roberts, The Awakening (Dragon Heart Legacy #1) Phoebe Wynne, Madam Lucy Score & Claire Kingsley, Whiskey Chaser (Bootleg Springs #1) Paige Shelton, Thin Ice (Alaska Wild #1) Nekesa Afia, Dead Dead Girls (Harlem Renaissance Mysteries #1) Susan Mallery, The Stepsisters Olivia Lara, Someday In Paris You can always contact the Book Bistro team by searching @BookBistroPodcast on facebook, or visiting: https://www.facebook.com/BookBistroPodcast/ You can also send an email to: TheBookBistroPodcast@gmail.com For more information on the podcast and the team behind it, please visit: http://anchor.fm/book-bistro

India's first woman lawyer practiced, against the odds, in the 1920s. Novelist Sujata Massey used that woman as inspiration for her fictional character, Perveen Mistry, amateur sleuth in a country bursting with change. Sujata Massey speaks to Kate Evans about her own writing and the bookshelf that shaped her. Reading recommendations abound.

Amanda and Jenn discuss “will they, won’t they” romance, fiction set in DC, memoirs by survivors of abuse, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. Feedback Tilly and the Bookwanderers by Anna James (rec’d by Lauren) Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor (rec’d by Leenie) Questions 1. At the recommendation of the podcast, last year I read (and loved!) Braiding Sweetgrass and The Overstory. I’m looking for more books to add to my TBR list with naturalist elements. Is there a book version of Planet Earth but with trees and plants?? Like many I’ve had a challenging year with quarantine stress and non-COVID health issues, so I would prefer something that isn’t a portrait of grief (H is for Hawk, beautiful but too sad!) or about the total destruction of our world as we know it due to climate change. Open to all genres except horror, and please no sexual violence or violence towards children. Thank you! -Emily 2. I am sure you have recommended this type of book before, but unsure how to find them.  I have not read a romance book in years and feel the need to.  I can not remember a book that would closely match what type I would like to read.  Its the ‘Will they or Won’t they’ type of romance.  Some examples of tv shows that display this is as follows:  Castle: Richard & Kate, Moonlighting: David & Maddie, The Nanny: Fran & Mr. Sheffield, The X-Files: Mulder & Scully, Remington Steele: Remington & Laura, Law & Order SVU: Elliot & Olivia, House: House and Cuddy, Bones: Temperance & Seeley, NCIS: Tony & Ziva, Frasier: Daphne & Niles, Star Trek TNG: Picard and Beverly and The West Wing: Donna & Josh.  I know, mostly 80’s shows.  Once they are together, I am no longer interested.  Also bonus if female in story somehow gets hurt physically and he helps her out.  I am not picky as to if it’s an action, contemporary, fantasy, gothic, historical romance etc. book or not.  Thank for your help.   -Kelly 3. After years of working from home, I’m about to start commuting again, and will be spending at least 2 hours a day in the car. I’m hoping for an entertaining and engaging audiobook with a plot that hooks you in, to help me pass the time. I’d prefer fiction, as right now I only really listen to nonfiction audiobooks and am looking to expand my horizons, but I’m open to anything. I’m open to any genre, but my favorites are mysteries/whodunits, fantasy, and historical fiction. (Sorry if this is too vague!) Thank you so much, I’m such a big fan of the show

It’s been a minute literary listeners, but welcome back to CPBC, yes that bi-weekly bookclub masquerading as a podcast, where Ako and Marci talk about fiction, fantasy, and magical realism by all sorts of writers from all sort of backgrounds. And this week we are back with the second half of Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey. So, tune in as we discuss what type of detective agency we’d run, our inevitable time-traveling cross-over, and all the twists and turns of this very fun, highly recommended South Asian mystery novel! Intro/Question: 0:00 - 15:50 Summary: 16:10 - 1:04:05 Discussion: 1:04:15-1:31:30 Also @SujataMassey @’ed us back on twitter – we are exceptionally excited!!! Anyway, if you want to @ us too or just stay afloat on all our latest episodes join the book club and see a list of the books we're reading next by following us on Twitter @TheColoredPages, emailing us at thesecoloredpages@gmail.com, checking out our website at thesecoloredpages.com, AND checking out our Instagram @TheseColoredPages! And of course folks--stay colorful!

What it isssss?! Your favorite vegan mozzarella sticks are BACK, this time to discuss the page-turning, iconic, 1920's Bombay detective mystery story, The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey! For part 1, we read up until Chapter 17! Grab a snack and find your detective magnifying glass as we talk about Perveen's AMAZING character, the socio-political context of this time, smooth-talkin' Cyrus Sodawalla,  and SO MUCH MORE.  Icebreaker Question: 2:19 - 15:13 Plot Summary (up to Chapter 17): 15:34 - 59:07 Discussion: 59:18 - 1:19:17 Wanna stay afloat on all our latest episodes? Join the book club and see a list of the books we're reading next by following us on Twitter @TheColoredPages, emailing us at thesecoloredpages@gmail.com, checking out our website at thesecoloredpages.com, AND checking out our Instagram @TheseColoredPages!

The second “Writer on Resilience” is one of my favorites, Sujata Massey. Born to an Indian father and a German mother, Sujata's family immigrated to the US when she was five. She found it difficult to make friends, experiencing prejudice and xenophobia. She was glad to put high school behind her when she started at Johns Hopkins. Sujata was lucky to get a job as a features reporter straight out of college. She never would have left her job if she hadn’t fallen in love with her best friend in college and moved to Japan.After returning home, Sujata published her first Rei Shimura book, The Salaryman’s Wife. People described Sujata’s first book as “sly, sexy, and deftly done.” Rei is an English teacher in Tokyo who goes on a vacation to the Japanese Alps and finds the body of a Japanese executive’s wife in the snow. The Rei Shimura books are my favorite detective series. Sujata then set out to write about the colonial experience from an Indian woman’s viewpoint. “So many historical novels I’ve read about the colonial period are from a British point of view, and if any Indian characters play a role...it’s never an Indian woman.”I remembered that her protagonist renames herself Kamala, so I asked Sujata how she felt about our new VP.“I’m hoping Kamala Harris finds out about my books, because I think they are made for her...I imagine her going through her childhood with a lot of the things said to her that were said to me…and yet she kept on going...She seems like someone who can show us what it means to have different sides to who you are.”Perveen Mistry SeriesNext Sujata decided to combine the two things she loves. “I wanted to tell the story of feminism in India, and I thought this would be a good way to do it through the vehicle of a mystery.”This is what I wrote after reading The Widows of Malabar Hill:"An Oxford-educated, multilingual Parsi woman in 1921, Perveen is one of the first female lawyers in India, inspired by the real Cornelia Sorabji. Perveen's parents encourage her education and career, but they still want her to get married. The novel covers the travails of her personal life and professional work. She helps her dad with a case of a rich Muslim man who has died and left three widows behind. The women are in purdah, so Perveen is best suited to speak to them. She becomes concerned because their husband's agent plans to give away their inheritance. When she begins to investigate the situation, a murder occurs and things escalate."All of Sujata’s characters are fully fleshed, independent women of color. I asked about her inspiration. “When I was young, it was the 1970s feminist movement. I remember knowing who Gloria Steinem was, reading Ms. Magazine. So it was very normal to think about women’s rights. If I was going to write books about women in India, I wanted to show the strength of women in India.”Library Journal said about Sujata’s second in the series, The Satapur Moonstone: “Edgar finalist Massey’s second whodunit featuring Perveen Mistry is even better than the series’ impressive debut…The winning, self-sufficient Perveen should be able to sustain a long series.”Her third book in the series, The Bombay Prince, will be published in June.Interviewing an author I've admired for 20 years was a thrill! You can buy Sujata's books and other books discussed at the Finding Fertile Ground Bookshop link, which supports local bookstores.Read more about Sujata and other Writers of Resilience.

Barbara Peters, Val McDermid, Sujata Massey, and Dana Stabenow discussing Josephine Tey

Barbara Peters in conversation with Nev March and Sujata Massey

This week on the podcast, mystery author Sujata Massey joins us to revisit the Stoop story she shared in 2013 about an ill-fated move to Minnesota.

On this episode, we discuss our July 2020 pick is The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey. A cozy murder mystery set in 1920's Bombay (current day Mumbai), The Widows of Malabar Hill marks the debut of our new favorite investigator, Perveen Mistry, the first woman lawyer in India, she uses the power of the law and her investigative ability to suss out lies and contradiction to seek justice for her clients.---This episode is brought to you by Libro.fm, your independent bookstore for digital audiobooks! Get 2 audiobooks for the price of one month by signing up with the promo code "booksandboba" - Subscribe here---Follow our hosts:Reera Yoo (@reeraboo)Marvin Yueh (@marvinyueh)Follow us:FacebookTwitterGoodreads GroupThe Books & Boba August 2020 pick is  The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo This podcast is part of Potluck: An Asian American Podcast Collective

We love assigning each other books, so this week we picked books from each other’s massive TBRs (that’s “to be read”) so we could finally check them off our lists. Opinions ensue. We’ll end with what we’re reading this week!   Books and other media mentioned in this episode:   Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo (buy from Bookshop)Episode 29 – Tackling Our TBRsALA RUSA CODES Reading List   Ann’s picks: A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab (buy from Bookshop)– V.E. Schwab books– Victoria Schwab books– Shades of Magic series by V.E. Schwab– The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab (releases October 6) (buy from Bookshop) The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey (buy from Bookshop)– Maise Dobbs series by Jacqueline Winspear– Perveen Mistry series by Sujata Massey Life After Life by Kate Atkinson (buy from Bookshop)– Kate Atkinson books– A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson (buy from Bookshop) Halle’s picks: The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (buy from Bookshop)– Episode 8 – Back to School– The Witch Elm by Tana French (buy from Bookshop) These Old Shades by Georgette Heyer (buy from Bookshop)– Jane Austen books– The Idea of You by Robinne Lee (buy from Bookshop) The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin (buy from Bookshop)– The Broken Earth trilogy by N.K. Jemisin– The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin (buy from Bookshop)– The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin (buy from Bookshop)– The Inheritence trilogy by N.K. Jemisin What We’re Reading This Week: Ann: The Talented Miss Farwell by Emily Gray Tedrowe (releases September 29) (buy from Bookshop)– The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith (buy from Bookshop)– Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray (buy from Bookshop)– Catch Me If You Can by Frank W. Abagnale (buy from Bookshop) Halle: Jackie and Maria by Gill Paul (buy from Bookshop) Well-Read on FacebookWell-Read on TwitterWell-Read on BookshopWell-Read on Instagram

On Nicole Dennis-Benn's Patsy, Ingrid Persaud's Love after Love and Sujata Massey's A Murder at Malabar Hill

Here’s a Stoop Story from Baltimore mystery writer Sujata Massey about an ill-fated move and a haunted home. You can hear her story and many others at stoopstorytelling.com, as well as the Stoop podcast. Tune in to WYPR on Tuesday evening at 8 pm to hear the ‘Virtual Stoop Mayoral Show’: candidates to be Baltimore’s next mayor sharing personal tales on the theme “Overcoming Adversity.”

Ellie is back and we get honest about reading slumps. We all have them, and it's a pretty bad feeling when books betray you. What can you do? We talk about how we have found our way out of reading slumps (or hope to) and then talk about some books we've read and liked recently. Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 182: Reading Slump with Ellie.Subscribe to the podcast via this link: FeedburnerOr subscribe via Apple Podcasts by clicking: SubscribeOr listen through TuneIn Or listen on Google Play Listen via StitcherListen through Spotify Books discussed: Christmas Days by Jeanette WintersonVirtuoso by Yelena MoskovichWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyAs I Lay Dying by William FaulknerSatapur Moonstone by Sujata MasseyOther mentions:Black Wave by Michelle TeaThe Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata MasseyMary Higgins ClarkThe Bone Clocks by David MitchellSlade House by David MitchellOranges Aren't the Only Fruit by Jeanette WintersonWritten on the Body by Jeanette WintersonWhy Be Happy, When You Can Be Normal? by Jeanette WintersonKnow My Name by Chanel MillerWe Cast a Shadow by Maurice Carlos Ruffin2020 Tournament of BooksRelated episodes:Episode 046 - Books for Your Kitty Party with Libby Young and many other guestsEpisode 090 - Reading Envy Readalong: East of Eden with Ellie and Jeff Episode 099 - Readalong: The Secret History Episode 112 - Reset Button with Eleanor ThoeleEpisode 121 - Love, Lust, Loss, and Longing with Casey Hampton Stalk us online:Jenny at GoodreadsEllie at Goodreads Jenny on TwitterJenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and LitsyEllie is @elliedottie on Litsy

For the past three weeks we've been discussing the taboo topic of torture, and our theme comes to a close in this month's Happy Hour. Lori Ann Bailey, Eliza Knight and Madeline Martin pry open the doors of dungeons, torture chambers and town squares to explore just how brutal humans could be to other humans in history. Open up a bottle, pour a glass, and join us for some squeamish tidbits and also some fun facts!Have history, book or wine question you want us to answer in a future show?Email us! historybooksandwine@gmail.com This episode was paired with:Eliza: Slo Down Wines -- Sexual ChocolateLori: Apothic InfernoMadeline: Crafters Union Daring & Elegant Red Blend What we read this week:Lori Ann Bailey: The Widows of Malibar Hill by Sujata Massey https://amzn.to/2LDI9OFMadeline Martin: The Wallflower Wager by Tessa Dare and read by Mary Jane Wells https://amzn.to/2Qeqnpv Eliza Knight: Finish by Jon Acuff https://amzn.to/2O3UflD Our books:Lori Ann Bailey: Highland Obligation https://amzn.to/3055Rw0Madeline Martin: How to Tempt a Duke https://amzn.to/2LzZkjR Eliza Knight: The Highlander's Surrender https://amzn.to/2O8tDQkOur Websites-- find our links to social media on our websites and sign up for our newsletters!Lori Ann BaileyEliza KnightMadeline Martin Follow History, Books and Wine on Social Media!Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/HistoryBooksandWineTwitter: @HistoryBksWineInstagram: @HistoryBksWine Stay tuned for our next shows (all on torture)! October 10th: Lori Ann BaileyOctober 24th: Madeline MartinNovember 7th: Eliza KnightNovember 21st: Our next Happy Hour where we're chatting about epic witch trials! Support the show!https://www.patreon.com/historybooksandwineSupport the show

Baltimore; summer 1966. Tensions between white and black residents. Some women testing expectations. And then: a woman’s decomposed body turns up in Druid Hill Park lake. Laura Lippman latest novel, ----The Lady in the Lake,---- unscrambles multiple mysteries.A week from tonight, Sept. 9, at the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company Theater, Lippman will speak to the Women’s Daily Post about the novel, followed by discussion, and then a panel of women describing the paths they’ve taken to becoming published authors.The following Saturday, Sept. 14, as part of the Pratt’s Grand Re-Opening Celebration, Lippman will be in conversation with another newspaper-writer-turned-novelist, Sujata Massey, at Wheeler Auditorium.

Autumn and Kendra talk with Sujata Massey about her new book The Satapur Moonstone, which is out now from Soho Crime. You can find the complete show notes and a transcript for this episode over on our website. Books MentionedThe Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata MasseyThe Satapur Moonstone by Sujata MasseyThe Sleeping Dictionary by Sujata Massey Sujata RecommendsUnmarriageable by Soniah KamalA Rising Man by Abir Mukerjee Sujata Massey: Website | Instagram | Twitter | Buy the Book Be sure to subscribe to our newsletter to be sure you don’t miss the latest news, reviews, and furchild photos. Support us on Patreon and get insider goodies! CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us hello@readingwomenpodcast.com. SOCIAL MEDIA Reading WomenTwitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music by Isaac Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The novel, The Satapur Moonstone, opens on tragedy and tension a century ago in India: after the two male rulers have died in obscure accidents, two queens are locked in bitter dispute involving the heir to the throne.Baltimore writer Sujata Massey tells us about the latest assignment of her protagonist, lawyer Perveen Mistry. You can catch Massey at the Ivy Bookshop on Falls Road tomorrow evening at 7 pm. Then we switch genres: as two members of the Baltimore Science Fiction Society tell us about nurturing sci-fi writers, the group’s upcoming convention, and why they are fans. Learn more about BaltiCon, May 24-27, here.

Katie and Rincey catch up after an episode apart and pick up books from some new-to-them authors. This episode is sponsored by Libro fm, Flatiron Books, publishers of I Know Who You Areby Alice Feeney, and The Hummingbird Daggerby Cindy Anstey from Swoon Reads. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspectsnewsletter! Show Notes ‘The Last Mrs. Parrish’: Drama Series Based On Novel In Works At Amazon With Cathy Schulman & Jeff Gaspin Producing ‘Doctor Foster’ Producer Drama Republic To Adapt Sara Collins’ Period Novel ‘The Confessions of Frannie Langton’ For TV Skyhorse forms Arcade CrimeWise imprint  Law & Crime partners with Simon & Schuster Books Mentioned They All Fall Downby Rachel Howzell Hall 99 Ways to Dieby Ed Lin The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth The Invited by Jennifer McMahon Little Darlings by Melanie Golding At Home in the Darkedited by Lawerence Block A Deadly Divideby Ausma Zehanat Khan The Frangipani Tree Mysteryby Olvidia Yu  The Satapur Moonstoneby Sujata Massey  As Long As We Both Shall Liveby Joann Cheney 

Adam and Bob are showing their age this week with a spot of memory trouble. They did, however, remember to name me, and a fine name it is. Oh, if anyone knows what the Ampthill mystery is, do me a favour and drop them a line! ~ Moriarty ~ Recommendations The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley https://www.kobo.com/ebook/the-hunting-party-get-ready-for-the-most-gripping-new-crime-thriller-of-2019-1  Panic Room by Robert Goddard https://www.kobo.com/ebook/panic-room-4 Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey https://www.kobo.com/ebook/the-widows-of-malabar-hill  CONTACT US Email: hello@partnersincrime.online Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/crimefictionpodcast/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/crimeficpodcast Website: http://partnersincrime.online

----She's Such a Bright Girl, An American Story----, is the recounting of how Petula Caesar's African-American father praised her good grades and her light skin. He raised her to be deferential to white people and to see blacks as dangerous.Then, Sujata Massey’s novel ----The Widows of Malabar Hill,---- is set almost a century ago in what is now Mumbai, India. Her heroine is a pioneering lawyer who comes upon murder, kidnapping and a secret passageway as she investigates a suspicious will.

Amanda and Jenn discuss light nonfiction, novels in verse, thrillers, and more in this week's episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by Temper by Nicky Drayden and Book Riot Insiders.   Feedback:   The Translator's Invisibility: A History of Translation by Lawrence Venuti The Translator by Nina Schuyler   Questions:   1. I typically read fantasy/science fiction books, but I have recently been trying to branch out. So recently, I read Cork-Dork by Bianca Bosker, which I found both charming and informative. Can you recommend similar nonfiction books? When I say similar I don't necessarily mean the topic, but rather in style. I loved the experience of a light non-fiction book where I felt I was joining the author in their immersive learning process about a particular topic. I am not looking for anything that is emotionally heavy, but rather something that sparks the desire to learn about something new. Thank you, --Jessica   2. Hello Amanda and Jenn! (And possibly, Liberty and/or Rebecca!) I'm writing to request help with birthday gifts for my niece and nephew. They have birthdays in early September. 1) NIECE - She will be 6. She likes books but doesn't reach for them herself. If I'm reading a book out loud, she drops what she's doing and will come sit by me to listen to the story. She has an older sister who is a bookworm, and she feels left out if anyone talks about books and she can't join in. She has started learning to read and will sound out letters with her parents or me. But she is self-conscious about it and hasn't really learned to enjoy a story yet because of that. Despite these difficulties, she is a great little girl - so curious about the world! She is very quick at math, loves riddles, and is very extroverted. She loves to wear matching accessories with her dresses. She once told me that her most favorite thing in the world is to eat dinner every day with her family. 2) NEPHEW - He will be 4. He loves to be read to. He especially likes picture books with a good dose of facts with fiction, e.g. Pop's Bridge (his favorite). I would like to buy him another picture book about famous bridges. No car/train/plane/construction/emergency vehicle books, please. He has all of them and insists that he's moving on from that phase of life (we have our doubts based on observations but haven't said anything either way). Hope this request isn't too long! Thanks for your help! --Sel   3. Hello Ladies, I am curious if you could recommend any novels told in verse? I have recently read and enjoyed The Watch that Ends the Night and Long Way Down (which was excellent on audio as read by Jason Reynolds himself). When I was younger and much angstier, I also read and enjoyed several Ellen Hopkins books which, upon reflection, are in line with what I want in regards to form, but not content. Aside from avoiding exploitative melodrama, I don’t have any particular topics or genres in mind for this request. The Poet X is already on my list. Thank you for the show, which always keeps my TBR way too long! --April   4. Hello! I tend to read a lot of "literary" fiction, but I love a page-turning psychological thriller every now and then. Unfortunately, all the thrillers I read seem to be by white (usually British, but sometimes American) women. Can you please recommend some twisty thrillers by people of color (still women, if possible!)? Just to clarify, I have read and enjoyed authors including Attica Locke and Sujata Massey, but I'm looking for more of a pure thriller (along the lines of B.A. Paris, Clare Mackintosh, etc.) - something fun and easy to read, not a cerebral mystery. I know you addressed a similar question for mysteries a few weeks ago, which really helped my TBR, but still didn't quite hit my thriller fix. Thanks! --Megan   5. My sister loved The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne and she is pining for another long drawn out depressing story (my take ;)). She also loves East of Eden and The Awakening. Thanks! --Maggie   6. I'm a fairly recent romance reader, and I have a few go-to authors (Courtney Milan, Tessa Dare, Rose Lerner, Alyssa Cole, Alisha Rai come to mind immediately). I've recently been reading Courtney Milan's Worth series, and Alisha Rai's Forbidden Hearts series. I love them both, and the thing that has drawn me in the most isn't so much the romantic relationships, but the family dynamics, secrets, and intrigues. I'm especially a sucker for reunion scenes with lost or estranged family members. Do you know of other romance series that center around families with similar themes? If it wasn't clear from my list of authors, I have a strong preference for romance with a feminist bent. Any romance subgenre is good. --Leslie   7. Most of the time I prefer more “serious” novels, but when I’m in a reading slump (or just exhausted from a heavy book), I like to pick up quick indulgent reads to get me back on track. The last few times this has happened, I’ve picked books like Kiera Cass’s The Selection series and Jillian Dodd’s Spy Girl series. Unfortunately, both have kind of let me down—I love the premises: strong female lead, escapist settings, some political conspiracy, sort of wish fulfillment-y in that a “regular” girl ends up hanging out with royalty, etc. However, I feel like these books miss so many opportunities to really be amazing: the girls get so caught up in the romances that the political intrigue gets put on the back burner (though I don’t mind some romance!), they are very white/heteronormative, and the lead (especially in The Selection) doesn’t have much of a growth arc even though the story totally sets up the possibility. Can you recommend some similar but, uh, better options? Doesn’t have to be YA (maybe that’s part of my problem) or series but should be something I can read in only a few sittings! Thanks! --Carol   Books Discussed: Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse Changeless by Gail Carriger The Earth Moved by Amy Stewart I Contain Multitudes by Ed Yong Here to There and Me To You by Cheryl Keely Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson The Lost Ones by Sheena Kamal Yesterday by Felicia Yap Pachinko by Min Jin Lee Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi Sweet Tea and Sympathy (Southern Eclectic #1) by Molly Harper It Takes Two to Tumble (Seducing the Sedgwicks #1) by Cat Sebastian Forest of a Thousand Lanterns by Julie C. Dao The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco

As she grew up, Petula Caesar's African-American father praised her good grades … and her light skin. He raised her to be deferential to white people … and to see blacks as dangerous.Then, Sujata Massey’s newest novel is “The Widows of Malabar Hill” … set almost a century ago in what is now Mumbai, India. Her heroine--whose traditional ethnic last name is just one syllable shy of “mystery”--is a pioneering lawyer … who comes upon murder, kidnapping … and a secret passageway … as she investigates a suspicious will.

1920s India: Perveen Mistry, Bombay’s first female lawyer, is investigating a suspicious will on behalf of three Muslim widows… when the case takes a turn toward the murderous.The Widows of Malabar Hill is a richly wrought story of multicultural 1920s Bombay as well as the debut of a sharp and promising new sleuth. The author of the Agatha and Macavity Award-winning Rei Shimura novels brings us an atmospheric new historical mystery with a captivating heroine. Mistry Law has been appointed to execute the will of Mr. Omar Farid, a wealthy Muslim mill owner who has left three widows behind. But as Perveen examines the paperwork, she notices something strange: all three of the wives have signed over their full inheritance to a charity. The Farid widows live in full purdah—in strict seclusion, never leaving the women’s quarters or speaking to any men. Are they being taken advantage of by an unscrupulous guardian? Perveen tries to investigate, and realizes her instincts were correct when tensions escalate to murder. Now it is her responsibility to figure out what really happened on Malabar Hill, and to ensure that no innocent women or children are in further danger. MALABAR HILL earned 3 starred reviews and is a terrific read.  Sujata Massey is the author of thirteen novels, two novellas, and numerous short stories. Her work is published in seventeen countries. Born in England to parents from India and Germany, she was raised mostly in Minnesota, although her home for is now Baltimore, Maryland. She holds a B.A. in the Writing Seminars from the Johns Hopkins University and was a features reporter for the Baltimore Evening Sun newspaper before becoming a full-time novelist. This is a trademarked copyrighted podcast solely owned by the Authors on the Air Global Radio Network LLC. 

Barbara Peters discusses The Widows of Malabar Hills with author Sujata Massey

Celebrated Baltimore novelist Sujata Massey recently took the spotlight at a Stoop Storytelling event titled, “It’s a Mystery:  Stories about the unanswered questions that haunt our city, our families, and ourselves.”  Massey loves to write a good mystery, but as you’ll hear, it’s not so fun when a real-life mystery lurks right inside your own home.

Allison Leotta and Sujata Massey talk about the writing life and read from their new books. Former federal prosecutor Allison Leotta's third novel, Speak of the Devil, features her series heroine, sex-crimes prosecutor Anna Curtis. On the same night that she gets engaged, one of Anna's cases takes a vicious turn when a man named "Diablo" leads an attack on a brothel. Soon Anna's routine human trafficking case becomes an investigation of MS-13, one of the country's most brutal street gangs. Leotta's previous Anna Curtis novels are Law of Attraction and Discretion.Sujata Massey is the author of ten Rei Shimura mystery novels set in Japan. Her new book, The Sleeping Dictionary, is the first in a series of historical suspense novels featuring Bengali women who play a role in making modern India. Kamala, born to a peasant family in West Bengal, makes her way to Calcutta of the 1930s. Haunted by a forbidden love, she is caught between the raging independence movement and the British colonial society in this portrait of late Raj India. Sujata Massey has won the Agatha and Macavity awards for her Rei Shimura mysteries. Recorded On: Wednesday, September 18, 2013