Sujata Massey Archives

The Bombay Prince [A Mystery of 1920s India Book 3] by Sujata Massey [in Shelf Awareness]

29 Jun, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Indian, Indian American, Repost, South Asian, South Asian American

Sujata Massey introduced feisty Perveen Mistry, India's first female solicitor, in the Agatha Award-winning The Widows of Malabar Hill in 2018. In the meticulously researched and entertainingly executed The Bombay Prince, Massey continues to mine details from the lives of two groundbreaking Indian women – Cornelia Sorabji and...

14 #OwnVoices Mysteries for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month [in The Booklist Reader]

17 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Chinese American, Fiction, Japanese American, Korean American, Lists, Pan-Asian Pacific American, South Asian American, Taiwanese American, Vietnamese American

Ready for some double duty? As you may know, May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (woo-hoo! happy me!). Additionally, May is also #MysteryMonth at Booklist. To celebrate, here’s a list that hasn’t been done before on The Booklist Reader: mysteries and thrillers by #OwnVoices APA writers. I know, such...

Now Hear This: Soneela Nankani [in Booklist]

31 Jan, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Arab American, Audio, Fiction, Indian, Indian American, Latina/o/x, Lists, Palestinian American, Repost, Young Adult Readers

She can sound like a frightened little girl on the run or a gruff old man who’s seen it all. She can talk financial crises, offer self-help guidance, embody fantasy worlds, and channel her inner Gisele Bündchen. She narrates in multiple tongues, donning accents and...

The Widows of Malabar Hill [A Mystery of 1920s India, Book 1] by Sujata Massey [in Library Journal]

04 Jun, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Indian, Indian American, Repost, South Asian, South Asian American

Versatile, charming, culturally well-matched Soneela Nankani auspiciously voices Sujata Massey’s ("Rei Shimura" mysteries) promising new series set in early 20th-century colonial India. Here the author introduces feisty Perveen Mistry, India's first female solicitor in 1921. Perveen's debut dovetails her challenging career journey – from facing...

The Sleeping Dictionary by Sujata Massey

24 Oct, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Hapa/Mixed-race, Indian, Indian African, South Asian, South Asian American

After 10 installments of her award-winning Rei Shimura mysteries, DC-area-based Sujata Massey goes historical with her latest Dictionary, published this summer after six years in the making. Dictionary marks the debut of a new series Massey intends, The Daughters of Bengal, each set in India. Given a choice...

The Pearl Diver by Sujata Massey [in AsianWeek]

10 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Hapa/Mixed-race, Indian American, Japanese American, Repost, South Asian American

Pearl Diver.Massey In the latest installment in the Rei Shimura mystery series, Massey brings her hapa Japanese American heroine to Washington, DC, where she is designing a sleek fusion restaurant. Her political socialite cousin suddenly goes...

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The Bombay Prince [A Mystery of 1920s India Book 3] by Sujata Massey [in Shelf Awareness]

14 #OwnVoices Mysteries for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month [in The Booklist Reader]

Now Hear This: Soneela Nankani [in Booklist]

The Widows of Malabar Hill [A Mystery of 1920s India, Book 1] by Sujata Massey [in Library Journal]

The Sleeping Dictionary by Sujata Massey

The Pearl Diver by Sujata Massey [in AsianWeek]

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