Bangalore Detectives Club #01: The Bangalore Detectives Club

Bangalore Detectives Club #01: The Bangalore Detectives Club
Harini Nagendra
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h198 x 126mm - 304pg
28 Apr 2022 UK
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9781408715185
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' A gorgeous debut mystery with a charming and fearless sleuth . . . spellbinding' SUJATA MASSEY ' Told with real warmth and wit. . . A perfect read for fans of Alexander McCall Smith and Vaseem Khan' - ABIR MUKHERJEE ' A cosy mystery that warmly illuminates a time and place not often examined in fiction' VASEEM KHAN ' A beautifully painted picture of a woman' s life in 1920s India' M W CRAVEN ' A delight' CATRIONA MCPHERSON ' The classic whodunnit with the added appeal of a female sleuth in Colonial India. . . fascinating' RHYS BOWEN Murder and mayhem . . . monsoon season is coming. _____________________________ Solving crimes isn' t easy. Add a jealous mother-in-law and having to wear a flowing sari into the mix, and you' ve got a problem. When clever, headstrong Kaveri moves to Bangalore to marry doctor Ramu, she' s resigned herself to a quiet life. But that all changes the night of the party at the Century Club, where she escapes to the garden for some peace - and instead spots an uninvited guest in the shadows. Half an hour later, the party turns into a murder scene. When a vulnerable woman is connected to the crime, Kaveri becomes determined to save her and launches a private investigation to find the killer, tracing his steps from an illustrious brothel to an Englishman' s mansion. She soon finds that sleuthing in a sari isn' t as hard as it seems when you have a talent for maths, a head for logic and a doctor for a husband. And she' s going to need them all as the case leads her deeper into a hotbed of danger, sedition and intrigue in Bangalore' s darkest alleyways . . . BOOK ONE IN THE BANGALORE DETECTIVES CLUB SERIES *INCLUDES A BONUS CHAPTER OF DELICIOUS INDIAN RECIPES* ___________ If you love murder mystery series like Alexander McCall Smith' s The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, Vaseem Khan' s Baby Ganesh Agencyand Ovidia Yu' s Crown Colony series, you won' t want to miss THE BANGALORE DETECTIVES CLUB, Book One in a brand new series from Harini Nagendra ' Told with real warmth and wit. . . Harini Nagendra has created an intricate and fiendish mystery with a wonderful duo of amateur sleuths Kaveri and Ramu at its heart, and capturing the atmosphere and intensity of Bangalore in the roaring twenties. I can' t wait for the next instalment. A perfect read for fans of Alexander McCall Smith and Vaseem Khan' - ABIR MUKHERJEE ' Harini Nagendra takes us to a wonderfully unfamiliar world in this delightful debut mystery. . . I couldn' t put it down' VICTORIA THOMPSON, USA Today bestselling author ofMurder on Madison Square ' Absolutely charming . . . this one is a winner!' CONNIE BERRY, USA Today best-selling and Agatha-nominated author of The Kate Hamilton Mysteries. ' This lush mystery will transport you to heady 1920s Bangalore, where new bride Kaveri stumbles into sleuthing-while dragging her doctor-husband into the fray. Mouth-watering fashion and food set against simmering colonial intrigue in this delicious whodunit can be devoured in one sitting. ' SUMI HAHN author of The Mermaid from Jeju ' I loved The Bangalore Detectives Club . . . Kaveri especially is charming' Ovidia Yu, author of The Cannonball Tree Mystery

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I absolutely adored The Bangalore Detectives Club, a beautifully painted picture of a woman' s life in 1920s India. Kaveri is a compelling character, headstrong, clever and dogged, and not at all deterred by the constraints of her position and gender. A fantastic book. -- M. W. CRAVEN, bestselling and award-winning author of The Curator The Bangalore Detective Club is a gorgeous debut mystery that introduces Kaveri Murthy, a young wife living a conservative household who applies her prodigious intelligence to solve a murder that threatens to tear apart genteel 1920s colonial Bangalore. Kaveri is a charming and fearless sleuth, trooping from elite social clubs to humble districts to ensure the right culprit is charged with murder. Author Harini Nagendra brilliantly shares the landscape, social customs and history of South India in this spellbinding novel. I eagerly await the next Kaveri mystery. -- SUJATA MASSEY, bestselling author of The Widows of Malabar Hill and The Bombay Prince From page one we plunge into the exuberant cacophony of 1920s Bangalore, right there beside Kaveri Murthy in her adopted city: the drawing-rooms and dirt lanes, the gardens and brothels, the temples and jails. Nagendra' s depiction of an awkward but tender new marriage is a delight, and who could help cheering for Kaveri as she swims in her sari, studies in secret and commits herself to the pursuit of justice? More, please! -- CATRIONA MCPHERSON, multi-award-winning author of the Dandy McGilver series
Harini Nagendra is a Professor of Sustainability at Azim Premji University, Bangalore, India, and the author of Nature in the City: Bengaluru in the Past, Present and Future. She received a 2013 Elinor Ostrom Senior Scholar award for her research and practice on issues of the urban commons, and a 2007 Cozzarelli Prize with Elinor Ostrom from the Proceedings of the US National Academy of Sciences for research on sustainability. The Bangalore Detectives Club, the first book in the Detective Kaveri mysteries, is her first fiction novel.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781408715185
Published: 28 Apr 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Little, Brown
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 126mm
Spine: 22mm
Weight: 41g
Pages: 304

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