Kaveri Murthy is a new bride in 1920s Bangalore. To please her domineering mother-in-law, she reluctantly agrees to look into a minor crime during a blood moon eclipse, and she finds a murder instead. It is not her first. Anti-British feeling is rising, a charismatic religious leader is gaining influence, and the fight for women's suffrage is growing. With the Bangalore Detectives Club beside her, Kaveri follows clues in her sari and her beloved Ford. When her own life comes under threat, she must find the killer before the killer finds her.
Why You Should Read?
- Meet the Bangalore Detectives Club: street urchins, nosy neighbours, an ex-prostitute and a policeman's wife.
- Follow a young sleuth who reluctantly takes on a small case and is drawn into murder once more.
- Explore 1920s Bangalore, where anti-British feeling, a religious leader and the suffrage fight make everyone's motives suspect.
- Enjoy the tension as Kaveri gets uncomfortably close to the truth and must catch the killer first.