15 must-read historical books like The Dying Day (Malabar House #2) by Vaseem Khan

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The Dying Day (Malabar House #2)

By: Vaseem Khan

4.21

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

A priceless manuscript. A missing scholar. A trail of riddles.Bombay, 1950For over a century, one o…

"His hair gushed up in Brylcreemed fountains and an ill-advised pencil moustache lingered in embarrassment above his upper lip."

-Vaseem Khan, The Dying Day (Malabar House #2)

"His hair gushed up in Brylcreemed fountains and an ill-advised pencil moustache lingered in embarrassment above his upper lip."

-Vaseem Khan, The Dying Day (Malabar House #2)

If you liked the historical plot in The Dying Day (Malabar House #2) by Vaseem Khan , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. A Rising Man (Sam Wyndham, #1)

By: Abir Mukherjee

3.91

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Alternate cover edition of ASIN B019CGXRZM The winner of the Harvill Secker/Daily Telegraph crim… read more

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  • detective
  • historical
  • asia
  • india
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime

2. A Necessary Evil (Sam Wyndham #2)

By: Abir Mukherjee

4.04

Format: 9 pages, Hardcover

India, 1920. Captain Wyndham and Sergeant Banerjee of the Calcutta Police Force investigate the dra… read more

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  • historical
  • india
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
Cover of Trouble in Nuala (The Inspector de Silva Mysteries Book 1) by Harriet Steel

3. Trouble in Nuala (The Inspector de Silva Mysteries Book 1)

By: Harriet Steel

5.00

Format: 176 pages,

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  • historical
  • asia
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery

4. The Frangipani Tree Mystery (Crown Colony #1)

By: Ovidia Yu

4.09

Format: 156 pages,

First in a delightfully charming crime series set in 1930s Singapore, introducing amateur sleuth Su… read more

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5. The Bombay Prince (Perveen Mistry, #3)

By: Sujata Massey

3.96

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

India’s only female lawyer, Perveen Mistry, is compelled to bring justice to the family of a murder… read more

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  • historical
  • asia
  • india
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
Cover of A Mumbai Murder Mystery  (Temple Hill Mystery #1) by Meeti Shroff-Shah

6. A Mumbai Murder Mystery (Temple Hill Mystery #1)

By: Meeti Shroff-Shah

4.06

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

Among the rarefied circles of Mumbai’s posh Temple Hill, there is nothing more tragic than the loss… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • india
  • fiction
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7. The Mistress of Bhatia House (Perveen Mistry, #4)

By: Sujata Massey

4.02

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Bombay’s only female solicitor, Perveen Mistry, grapples with class divisions, sexism, and complex … read more

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  • historical
  • asia
  • india
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
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8. The Shadows of Men (Sam Wyndham, #5)

By: Abir Mukherjee

4.30

Format: 374 pages, Paperback

Calcutta, 1923.When a Hindu theologian is found murdered in his home, the city is on the brink of a… read more

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  • detective
  • historical mystery
  • historical
  • india
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Dying Day (Malabar House #2) by Vaseem Khan

9. The Dying Day (Malabar House #2)

By: Vaseem Khan

4.21

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

A priceless manuscript. A missing scholar. A trail of riddles.Bombay, 1950For over a century, one o… read more

Similar categories in Vaseem Khan's The Dying Day (Malabar House #2) book and Vaseem Khan's The Dying Day (Malabar House #2)

  • detective
  • historical mystery
  • historical
  • asia
  • india
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"His hair gushed up in Brylcreemed fountains and an ill-advised pencil moustache lingered in embarrassment above his upper lip."

-Vaseem Khan, The Dying Day (Malabar House #2)

Cover of Death in the East (Sam Wyndham, #4) by Abir  Mukherjee

10. Death in the East (Sam Wyndham, #4)

By: Abir Mukherjee

4.28

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

1905, London. As a young constable, Sam Wyndham is on his usual East London beat when he comes acro… read more

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  • historical
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  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Smoke and Ashes (Sam Wyndham, #3) by Abir  Mukherjee

11. Smoke and Ashes (Sam Wyndham, #3)

By: Abir Mukherjee

4.17

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

India, 1921. Haunted by his memories of the Great War, Captain Sam Wyndham is battling a serious ad… read more

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  • historical
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  • india
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Retreat from Nuala (The Inspector de Silva Mysteries Book 14) by Harriet Steel

12. Retreat from Nuala (The Inspector de Silva Mysteries Book 14)

By: Harriet Steel

4.27

Format: 198 pages, Kindle Edition

Shanti and Jane de Silva’s peaceful retreat at a mountain monastery rapidly turns into something fa… read more

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  • mystery
Cover of The Yellow Rambutan Tree Mystery (Su Lin #4) by Ovidia Yu

13. The Yellow Rambutan Tree Mystery (Su Lin #4)

By: Ovidia Yu

4.44

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

'One of Singapore's finest living authors' South China Morning Post'Simply glorious. Every nook and… read more

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  • asia
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Betel Nut Tree Mystery (Crown Colony, #2) by Ovidia Yu

14. The Betel Nut Tree Mystery (Crown Colony, #2)

By: Ovidia Yu

3.95

Format: 266 pages, Kindle Edition

'Great protagonist, great setting - this is a delightful book' Morning Star The second novel in Ovi… read more

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  • historical
  • asia
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
"Mrs MacPherson looked very proud of her son. It made me think about the different lessons people try to pass on to children about money. And about who controls that money."

-Ovidia Yu, The Betel Nut Tree Mystery (Crown Colony, #2)

"One thing about a tiny island like Singapore is that every man, woman, and monkey in it originated from somewhere else. Whether your distant ancestors sailed from China, India, the Malay archipelago …"

-Ovidia Yu, The Betel Nut Tree Mystery (Crown Colony, #2)

Cover of The Cook (Kamil Rahman, #2) by Ajay Chowdhury

15. The Cook (Kamil Rahman, #2)

By: Ajay Chowdhury

3.90

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

'A refreshing and welcome addition to the world of detective fiction' Abir Mukherjee'A real surpris… read more

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  • mystery
  • detective
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Mimosa Tree Mystery (Crown Colony, #4) by Ovidia Yu

16. The Mimosa Tree Mystery (Crown Colony, #4)

By: Ovidia Yu

4.19

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Mirza, a secretive neighbour of the Chens in Japanese Occupied Singapore, is a known collaborator a… read more

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  • historical
  • asia
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
"I knew the women were searching for something more precious than watches or coins. They were peering into the faces of the dead, hoping to be disappointed."

-Ovidia Yu, The Mimosa Tree Mystery (Crown Colony, #4)

Cover of Passage from Nuala (The Inspector de Silva Mysteries #6) by Harriet Steel

17. Passage from Nuala (The Inspector de Silva Mysteries #6)

By: Harriet Steel

4.27

Format: 211 pages, Kindle Edition

Inspector de Silva and Jane embark on a cruise to Egypt to visit the pyramids, excited at the prosp… read more

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  • mystery
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  • crime
Cover of Break from Nuala (The Inspector de Silva Mysteries Book 11) by Harriet Steel

18. Break from Nuala (The Inspector de Silva Mysteries Book 11)

By: Harriet Steel

4.38

Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition

It is autumn 1940, and Inspector de Silva and his wife Jane are looking forward to a well-earned ho… read more

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  • mystery
  • historical
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Cover of Offstage in Nuala (The Inspector de Silva Mysteries #3) by Harriet Steel

19. Offstage in Nuala (The Inspector de Silva Mysteries #3)

By: Harriet Steel

4.06

Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition

In this third instalment of The Inspector de Silva Mysteries, there’s great excitement when a profe… read more

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  • detective
  • historical
  • asia
  • india
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Detective (Kamil Rahman, #3) by Ajay Chowdhury

20. The Detective (Kamil Rahman, #3)

By: Ajay Chowdhury

4.10

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

From Ajay Chowdhury, the award-winning author of THE WAITER, comes the thrilling new Kamil Rahman m… read more

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  • crime
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Cover of Fatal Finds in Nuala (The Inspector de Silva Mysteries, #4) by Harriet Steel

21. Fatal Finds in Nuala (The Inspector de Silva Mysteries, #4)

By: Harriet Steel

4.20

Format: 200 pages, Kindle Edition

In this fourth instalment of the Inspector de Silva mysteries, it is monsoon season in the Hill Cou… read more

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