Chris CessfordChris Cessford

Chris Cessford reads far too many crime and thriller novels at the expense of books that might make her smarter but would be less fun. She is a former journalist and producer who now works in book publishing.

Review: A Murder at Malabar Hill is a new kind of crime novel

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Crime week: Chris Cessford welcomes a sumptuous crime story starring a ‘rule-breaking badass in a sari’.  Sujata Massey kicks off the decade with the first book in a fresh new crime series – the historical, award-winning whodunnit A Murder at Malabar Hill. She introduces Perveen Mistry, in 1921 Bombay’s only woman lawyer and an amateur … Read more