Listen to a sample
The Edge of Darkness
The Malabar House Series (Related to this series)
- Author
- Vaseem Khan
- Narrator
- Maya Saroya
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Publish Date
- 22 January 2026
- Run Time
- 11 hours 6 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
But when a prominent politician is murdered in his locked room at the Victoria, his head missing, she is thrust back into the fray. Is the murderer one of the foreigners staying at the hotel or an insurgent from the surrounding jungle? As the political situation threatens to explode, Persis has only days to stop a killer operating at the very edge of darkness...
The sixth rip-roaring thriller in the award-winning Malabar House series and a perfect entry point for new readers.
Critics Review
-
Historical fiction at its finest
Mail on Sunday
-
Brilliant!
Ann Cleeves
-
Vaseem Khan writes with charm and wit, and an eye for detail that transports the reader entirely. I couldn't love this series more
Chris Whitaker
-
Persis is a brilliant creation and this is historical fiction at its finest
Daily Mirror
See more reviews See fewer reviews
-
Persis Wadia, denizen of India's own Slough House - Malabar House in Bombay - has been further sidelined. She is a brilliant creation... With a satisfying backdrop of little-known aspects of newly-independent India's history and the ever-present tension with the remaining British colonists, this is a richly satisfying book at many levels
Alis Hawkins
User Reviews
No reviews yet.
Details
- Author
- Vaseem Khan
- Narrator
- Maya Saroya
- Duration
- 11 hours 6 minutes
- Release Date
- 22 January 2026
- ISBN
- 9781399747882
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Genre
- Crime and / or mystery fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction, Historical fiction
Synopsis
India, 1951. After wilfully ignoring orders, Persis Wadia, India's first female police detective, is exiled from Bombay to the wild and mountainous Naga Hills District. As India's first post-Independence election looms, and tensions rise across the country, Persis finds herself banished to the Hotel Victoria, a crumbling colonial-era relic, her career in tatters. But when a prominent politician is murdered in his locked room at the Victoria, his head missing, she is thrust back into the fray. Is the murderer one of the foreigners staying at the hotel or an insurgent from the surrounding jungle? As the political situation threatens to explode, Persis has only days to stop a killer operating at the very edge of darkness...The sixth rip-roaring thriller in the award-winning Malabar House series and a perfect entry point for new readers.
About xigxag
xigxag is an independent, UK-based audiobook platform and the UK's only B Corp certified audiobook company. We offer nearly 150,000 audiobooks, all with professional human narration. No AI-generated voices. xigxag is rated an Ethical Consumer Best Buy for audiobooks and a top-rated ethical bookshop.
There is no subscription. You buy the audiobooks you want, you own them permanently, and prices start at $13.95. The more you listen over the year, the less you pay per book, and there is always a selection in Listen for Less from $7.95. You can also send audiobooks as gifts using our audiobook gift cards or in-app gifting.
Every audiobook on xigxag has honest reviews covering both the book and the narration, and our community features make it easy to share what you are listening to, discover what others recommend, and find your next listen.
Download or stream on iOS, Android, or in your browser. Browse the full catalogue at xigxag.co.uk.