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The further adventures of Charlotte Holmes and her companion Dr Watan as they attempt to foil a rebellion.A melancholic Dr Watan tries to seek solace in marriage and accepts a proposal from a widow with a grossly deformed child; much to the annoyance of Charlotte.Charlotte must visit her husband's family and must also negotiate with the Viceroy as they threaten to confiscate the estates.Charlotte is charged with thwarting a rebellion in the Northern Territories, led by the Warlord Walid Khan who is using the emergence of a miracle child, The Mahdi, to start a Jihad.When circumstances turn against the British, Watan is obliged to accompany Charlotte to Peshawar, to learn the truth about the Mahdi; they find the Russians are in league with the Warlord and plan to invade British India from the North.An epic, perilous journey to the Khyber Pass to thwart foreign agents, foil a blood-thirsty Warlord and determine the provenance of a miracle child, prophesied to herald the End of the World.

The trial and tribulations of a group of pious Hijab-wearing students as they navigate the social norms of University life whilst trying to be good Muslims.Noorie, aka Dr No, the headstrong medical student notorious for rejecting marriage proposals, juggles demanding studies with potential boyfriends and a far too pretty younger sister on the brink of becoming engaged.Her friends, the loud-mouthed aggressive Shazia, the designer-obsessed Furhat, the meek and giggly Rahat, and the strident Shagufta, try their best to help but things just keep getting worse.A chick-lit with a difference; not an expose but more of a cover-up."You're one boyfriend away from an honour killing!"

An ex-pat forensics scientist, Dr Shujaat Khan, visits Pakistan after many years to attend a family wedding and becomes unwittingly embroiled in an honour killing. Complications arise when he pursues the enticing Henna and a clandestine romance develops which is strictly prohibited by a bitter family feud.He learns the honour killing is a merely pretence, for the murder hides a dark secret which must be maintained at all costs. When Henna becomes implicated in the killing Shujaat's loyalties are torn between his love for her and his fiancée.He pursues an obsessive quest over decades to unravel a secret which could destroy a community.A migrant's compelling search for identity in rootless times.

OUR MAN IN MUNICH (2/4)The Kensington Quartet; Four Charlotte Holmes mysteries set in Europe during the Great War.MUNICH, 1914.Charlotte Holmes, a brilliant polymath, and her former companion Dr Watan, an Indian doctor, are reconciled and engage in their most complex and daunting case.Europe, the Summer of 1914: In the shadow of a looming conflict, Charlotte and Branwell, together with their families, undertake the Grand Bavarian tour.Unbeknownst to her, Branwell is on a secret mission for the British Foreign Office to find and expatriate a British industrial spy. However complications arise when the German secret police track down the spy and Branwell is forced to enlist the help of his wife Becky.Fear grips Europe as high-ranking officials are assassinated, attacked by a mysterious wolf-like creature, and the perplexed authorities turn to Charlotte and Watan to help solve the mystery. Our heroes cross swords with a new adversary, a brilliant scientist engaged in human experiments designed to create a superweapon for the coming war.A baffling case hides a deadly secret, the corruption of innocent at the expense of their sanity; can Charlotte survive her most perplexing case?

A Postmodern re-imagining of the Great Detective as a traumatized polymath and an Indian doctor. Charlotte Holmes & Dr Watan investigate a new courtesan who may be a Maharaja's illegitimate daughter and Branwell stumbles upon a plot to assassinate the new King. Loyalties are tested and friendships are shattered in the conclusion of the Calcutta Quartet of the Charlotte Holmes Mysteries.