Sujata Massey with Dan Fesperman: THE STAR FROM CALCUTTA

Wed Mar 18 2026 at 06:00 pm to 08:00 pm UTC-04:00

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Sujata Massey with Dan Fesperman: THE STAR FROM CALCUTTA
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Sujata Massey launches THE STAR OF CALCUTTA, the latest novel in the Perveen Mistry Series, in conversation with Dan Fesperman!

We're excited to host this pairing of beloved Baltimore mystery and suspense writers, both of whom have rich and growing followings. Whether it's your first time reading a Perveen Mistry novel or your 5th, you're in for a treat.

In this latest novel, Perveen Mistry, the only female lawyer in Bombay, is back with her biggest client yet: Champa Films, a movie studio run by director Subhas Ghoshal and his wife, Rochana, the biggest name in Indian cinema. Set in 1922, THE STAR OF CALCUTTA brings the glamour, romance, and intrigue of the beginnings of Bollywood to life.

Order THE STAR OF CALCUTTA here!

Sujata Massey was born in England to parents from India and Germany, grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota, and lives in Baltimore, Maryland. She was a features reporter for the Baltimore Evening Sun before becoming a full-time novelist. The first Perveen Mistry novel, The Widows of Malabar Hill, was an international bestseller and won the Agatha, Macavity, and Mary Higgins Clark Awards. Visit her website at sujatamassey.com.

Dan Fesperman first began writing about dangerous and mysterious people and places as a journalist, a newspaper career that culminated in his years as a foreign correspondent for the Baltimore Sun. Reporting from Europe and the Middle East, he covered three wars while also finding the time to write his first three novels. He then quit the newspaper biz to write fiction fulltime, and now travels on his own dime.

He grew up in Charlotte, NC, and, as a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is a diehard Tar Heel. He is married to the journalist Liz Bowie, and they live just north of Baltimore. Their two children have moved off to adventures of their own.

Dan’s thirteen critically acclaimed novels of intrigue and suspense have won two Dagger Awards from the UK Crime Writers Association, the Dashiell Hammett Prize from the International Association of Crime Writers, and the Barry Award for Best Thriller, and have been selected as the year’s best mystery/thriller by USA Today.

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Ivy Bookshop, 5928 Falls Road, Baltimore, United States

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