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An ex-pat forensics scientist, Dr Shujaat Khan, visits Pakistan after many years to attend a family wedding and becomes unwittingly embroiled in an honour killing. Complications arise when he pursues the enticing Henna and a clandestine romance develops which is strictly prohibited by a bitter family feud. He learns the honour killing is a merely pretence, for the murder hides a dark secret which must be maintained at all costs. When Henna be...

The trial and tribulations of a group of pious Hijab-wearing students as they navigate the social norms of University life whilst trying to be good Muslims. Noorie, aka Dr No, the headstrong medical student notorious for rejecting marriage proposals, juggles demanding studies with potential boyfriends and a far too pretty younger sister on the brink of becoming engaged. Her friends, the loud-mouthed aggressive Shazia, the designer-obsessed...

The further adventures of Charlotte Holmes and her companion Dr Watan as they attempt to foil a rebellion. A melancholic Dr Watan tries to seek solace in marriage and accepts a proposal from a widow with a grossly deformed child, much to the annoyance of Charlotte. Charlotte must visit her husband's family and must also negotiate with the Viceroy as they threaten to confiscate the estates. Charlotte is charged with thwarting a rebellion...

OUR MAN IN MUNICH (2/4) The Kensington Quartet, Four Charlotte Holmes mysteries set in Europe during the Great War. MUNICH, 1914. Charlotte Holmes, a brilliant polymath, and her former companion Dr Watan, an Indian doctor, are reconciled and engage in their most complex and daunting case. Europe, the Summer of 1914: In the shadow of a looming conflict, Charlotte and Branwell, together with their families, undertake the Grand Bavarian tour. Un...

The Kensington Quartet, Four Charlotte Holmes mysteries set in Europe during the Great War.LONDON, 1912.Charlotte Holmes, a brilliant polymath, and her former companion Dr Watan, an Indian doctor, have been estranged for nearly a decade, but a chance encounter leads to a ill-tempered meeting.Annabelle Holmes, elder sister of Charlotte, is getting married but the bridegroom is missing and our heroes must solve the mystery to ensure the wedding ...

A tale of the forgotten Santa. Santa Clown delivered his gifts with a joke and a laugh until one Christmas Eve he disappeared into the night and was replaced by his brother Santa Claus. Santa Clown was forgotten, lost in the mists of old Christmas's. Now there is trouble in Santa's Workshop! Saboteurs are wrecking the production lines and demanding the return of the Forgotten One, "Shoot Santa Claus down, Bring back the Santa Clown". Mr Drole,...

A Postmodern re-imagining of the Great Detective as a traumatized polymath and an Indian doctor. Charlotte Holmes & Dr Watan investigate a new courtesan who may be a Maharaja's illegitimate daughter and Branwell stumbles upon a plot to assassinate the new King. Loyalties are tested and friendships are shattered in the conclusion of the Calcutta Quartet of the Charlotte Holmes Mysteries.

Charlotte Holmes, a brilliant polymath, and her companion Dr Watan, an Indian doctor, continue their adventures as they deal with a supernatural event and her pregnancy.Charlotte decides to undertake her confinement at Redoubt, her matrimonial home, but the pregnancy becomes dangerous for both mother and child when she is haunted by the ghost of her dead child.Maldehyde compels Branwell to apprehend the traitor Charles de Beque and he undertak...

What happens when Cowboys meet real Indians. A cross-culture clash of the most extreme kind when a Texan Construction company is hired by an Indian tycoon to build the first Western theme-park in Mumbai. Dallas Jones and his American team must co-ordinate multiple antagonistic nationalities in an unfamiliar land to achieve the demanding deadlines. Seema, the head-strong local coordinator struggles to work with chauvinistic Avinash on the team ...