The Case of the Reincarnated Client * Tarquin Hall * Vish Puri #5

India's most portly and prestigious private investigator faces his most surreal dilemma when a young woman arrives at his New Delhi office claiming to be the reincarnation of a housewife murdered decades earlier during a historic riot. Written by prominent journalist and author Tarquin Hall, this brilliant, culturally rich mystery functions as an exceptionally smart historical detective workspace. Vish Puri, head of the Most Private Investigators agency, is initially completely dismissive of past-life tracking lines. He has his hands full managing standard parameters—including an irate client complaining about her prospective son-in-law's thunderous snoring logistics. However, his indomitable mother, Mummy-ji, drops her guard and insists the past-life client is completely genuine after hearing her accurately describe the final hours of Riya Kaur, a woman who vanished during the bloody 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Because the original cold case belonged to Puri's late father, a sense of filial duty forces him into the sandbox. Teaming up step-by-step with his meddlesome mother, Puri acquires the archived files only to uncover a synchronized, deep-state cover-up that puts his high blood pressure and his investigative toolkit to the ultimate test.

Fans of humorous, fast-paced international mysteries, readers who enjoy cozy detective dynamics featuring strong family duos, and anyone who devours books by authors like Alexander McCall Smith, Vaseem Khan, or Tarquin Hall's own acclaimed Vish Puri novels. 

(While commonly listed by fans as volume six, this is officially the 5th full-length novel in the series).