"Perveen Mistry, the daughter of a respected Zoroastrian family, has just joined her father's law firm, becoming one of the first female lawyers in India. Armed with a law degree from Oxford, Perveen also has a tragic personal history that makes her especially devoted to championing and protecting women's legal rights. 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 is going through the paperwork, she notices something strange: all three of the wives have signed over their full inheritance to a charity ... Perveen is suspicious, especially since one of the widows has signed her form with an X--meaning she probably couldn't even read the document ... 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"--Provided by publisher.

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