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The Manichean Investigators (PDF): Postcolonial and Culture Rereading of the Sherlock Holmes and Byomkesh Bakshi Stories
by Pinaki RoyNo synopsis available.
La fortaleza del castigo
by Pierpaolo Brunoldi Antonio SantoroUna novela histórica ambientada en el siglo XIII con una intriga urdida alrededor de Francisco de Asís y los herejes cátaros. 1266. Convento de Mantes (Francia). El inquisidor Marcus espera entre las sombras la llegada de un fraile. Está decidido a extraer de él la verdad sobre un libro secreto que amenaza con sacudir los cimientos de la Iglesia... 1214. Altopascio (Italia), hogar de los Caballeros de Tau. El franciscano Bonaventura da Iseo, un maestro en el arte de la alquimia, al que la Iglesia no ve con muy buenos ojos, descubre consternado que Francisco de Asís se encuentra prisionero por orden del Papa Inocencio II. Decidido a encontrar y liberar a Francisco, Bonaventura decide viajar en su busca y lo hará acompañado de un misterioso caballero y la hija ilegítima de un príncipe acusada de brujería. Entre conventos oscuros donde se agazapan los traidores y caminos plagados de amenazas, Bonaventura y sus compañeros de viaje llegarán a Montsegur, la inexpugnable fortaleza maldita de los herejes catáros y descubrirán que el maestro tenía con él el Alterus Christus, la única reliquia capaz de derrotar a las fuerzas del mal y evitar el advenimiento del Anticristo.
The Englishman's Cameo
by Madhulika LiddleA poisoned paan, a non-government issue arrow and the cameo of a mysterious Englishman...Muzaffar Jang is that rare creature in Mughal Emperor Shahjahan’s Dilli – an aristocrat with friends in low places. One of whom, Faisal, stands accused of murder. When the body of Mirza Murad Begh is found stabbed in the chest, lying in a water channel in the Qila, poor Faisal is the only one around. But what of the fact that, minutes before his demise, the victim had stepped out of the haveli of Shahjahanabad’s most ravishing courtesan? Could not the sultry Mehtab Banu and her pale, delicate sister, Gulnar have something to do with the murder? Determined to save his friend, Muzaffar decides to investigate, with only a cup now and then of that new-fangled brew – ‘Allah, so bitter’ – called coffee to help him. A trail of clues leads him from Mehtab’s haveli out into the streets of seventeenth-century Dilli – rife with rumours of Dara Shukoh’s strange leanings and Prince Aurangzeb’s rebelliousness – into a conspiracy far more sinister than he had imagined...
A Flawed God
by Arjun ShekharAn ordinary corporate executive turns assassin to save his firm from ruin with the help of the master of a secret guild out to revolutionize the corporation… Sanchit Mishra a.k.a. Sancho is staring bleakly at his performance appraisal form when an invitation from the mysterious Progress in Work Collective lands on his desk. His colleague and confidante, Pause Daniels, urges him to dig deeper. Soon he finds himself sucked into a secret world of anonymous superheroes out to revolutionize the business world by attacking that flawed god it worships – the share market. This parallel life pumps some self-esteem into Sancho, preparing him to do what’s needed when the firm is taken over by a multinational and an ugly industrial relations situation ensues. The case for the transfer of ownership from shareholders to employees is made through Sancho and Pause’s story in this witty, fast-paced corporate allegory.
The Eighth Guest and Other Muzaffar Jang Mysteries
by Madhulika LiddleMuzaffar Jang, maverick Mughal nobleman, returns to play detective in ten short mystery stories. It is the year 1656. Muzaffar Jang – that rare creature in Shahjahan’s Dilli, an aristocrat with friends in low places – is recovering from injuries sustained during his recent adventures involving two mysterious Englishmen and some reprehensible activities against the Imperial Exchequer. Muzaffar’s bruised shoulder has yet to heal when he finds himself catapulted into a series of mysteries: An elephant in the Royal Elephant Stables goes berserk and kills its mahout – or does it? A scholarly nobleman – but, oh, such a pompous bore – is left a very puzzling legacy by his father. An artist at the imperial atelier is found murdered next to one of his works. Muzaffar must pit his wits against treacherous noblemen and scheming traders, greedy villagers and lovelorn men – and women. But who knows? Before the year is out, Muzaffar may just meet his match…
Drop Dead
by Swati KaushalA luxurious hilltop resort. A high-stakes corporate retreat for a team of cutthroat professionals. An unexpected death, a roomful of suspects, a handsome Army officer with a secret past. It is peak tourist season in Shimla, and the last thing anyone needs is a dead body appearing mysteriously at the bottom of a hill. Enter Shimla’s ace cop, the hot and happening Superintendent of Police Niki Marwah, determined to leave no stone unturned in her quest to nail the culprit. As Niki and her team race against time to solve the mystery, they uncover a web of bitter rivalries, secret grudges and vicious lies. Everything points to murder and, with the list of suspects growing, Niki realizes it will take all of her ingenuity to stop a ruthless killer.
It Takes a Murder
by Anu KumarA darkly lyrical and slyly ambiguous account of love, loss and fury. When Gautam Dogra is found murdered in his study one afternoon in the small hill station of Brooks Town, the police dismiss it as a relatively simple case. But Charlotte Hyde knows well that a murder never happens in a day – it follows its own timeline. As Kerketta, Charlotte’s old retainer, always said, a murder is written into your life at the very beginning. As Charlotte begins telling the story of Dogra’s death, it soon becomes clear that his story can only be fully understood in the light of many other stories. Of her estranged daughter, Maddy, of the political climes in which they lived. Of lost hopes and lost loves, of small humiliations and disillusionments and, above all, of the slow incitement to violence that the terror of loss brings into quiet lives.
Let Her Rest Now
by Vijay NairWhen you decide to go like that, you don't just lose your life - you lose the right to any privacy that you had a claim to when you were alive. My mother after all had made the cardinal sin of getting murdered...' For a long time after her mother's gruesome death Neha is enraged with her, convinced it was her mother's own scheming ways that brought it about; after all don't the murdered invite retribution? But then a distress call from her childhood friend Samir brings Neha back to the hills of Coonor, to find that he has been implicated in the murder of the new paramour of his married lover, Sujala. And much though Neha would like to help him, she cannot shut her mind to the fact that the circumstances in which the victim was found bear an uncanny resemblance to the manner in which her own mother had been murdered. Nor can she deny the fact that she too is irresistibly drawn to the seductive charms of the luminously beautiful Sujala...
End of Story
by Arjun ShekharIs someone out there tinkering with our minds? Shukrat Ali, a news anchor at Khulasa, the ‘tabloid’ current affairs channel, is out of a job.TV channels across the country have closed down as a consequence of a Supreme Court ban on electronic advertising. An inquiry is on regarding the emergence of a sinister new form of ads the media has dubbed ‘propagandads’, which uses compelling subliminal messages to subtly rewire people’s minds and influence their actions.Even as Shukrat grapples with the question: ‘How does an anchor move on?’ he is summoned to testify in the trial concerning the killing of his ex-boss, Satya Saachi Sengupta, the mysterious and towering figure in his life, whose connections with this insidious mind manipulation scheme can no longer be denied.Being a key witness present at the scene of the crime, Shukrat must prepare to bare all before the court and tread carefully lest his testimony boomerangs on him.Gripping and darkly humorous, End of Story? is an intriguing and intelligent thriller about the dystopian possibilities of everyday advertising.
Lethal Spice
by Swati KaushalA hundred-year-old stage steeped in tradition. Six contestants with a world to gain and everything to lose. Three judges who stand between them and their dreams. It is October in Shimla. The air is crisp, the mist is rising and the stakes are sky-high as the finalists of India's No. 1 reality cooking show, Hot Chef, are pitted against each other in a live shoot at the historic Gaiety Theatre. The spices are ground, the fires are lit, the knives have been sharpened... Then things start to go horribly wrong. As she picks her way through a maze of testimonies and motives, Shimla's Superintendent of Police, Niki Marwah, is more determined than ever to get to the bottom of a perplexing mystery – one that is dangerously close to her heart.
Crimson City
by Madhulika LiddleA serial killer is terrorizing Dilli and Mughal nobleman and detective Muzaffar Jang might have finally met his match. In the spring of 1657, the Mughal armies have reached the Deccan, besieging the Fort of Bidar. Back home in Dilli, there is unrest: the empire seethes and stirs, and its capital reflects this turbulence. Muzaffar Jang, newly married to his beloved Shireen and trying to adjust to life as a husband, stumbles into the investigation of a merchant's murder. Even as another crime – the kidnapping of a wealthy moneylender's infant son – occurs, Muzaffar finds himself at odds with his brother-in-law, Khan Sahib, the Kotwal of Dilli. Things get increasingly puzzling as one murder follows another and, soon, it is clear that the streets of Dilli have a serial killer on the loose. Muzaffar, who soon finds himself at odds with the system as well as those closest to him, must follow his gut to unmask this audacious murderer, while trying to obey Khan Sahib's warning: do not get in the way of the law. But has he finally bitten off more than he can chew?
Fraudster
by R.V. RamanThere are people who will do anything to silence those who come in their way, who will stop at nothing, including murder. A young banker is found dead a day after she deposes before a commission investigating large-scale financial fraud… A doyen of corporate India falls to his death from his South Bombay flat… A high-security server room of a multinational accounting firm is hacked, and the hackers aren’t looking for just company secrets… Illicit finance, high-stakes crime and vicious manipulation come together in this story of corruption, greed and treachery among corporate India’s black sheep. Arresting, fast-paced and written by an insider from the corporate world, Fraudster will keep you on your toes till the very end.'
Fatal Margin
by Umanath NayakCancer crusader or god-player? Dr Veer Raghavan, a dynamic young cancer surgeon, is in CBI custody, suspected of fraud, medical negligence and malpractice. A forerunner in the field of oncology, Veer’s reputation and credibility is at stake. Is he guilty of committing the alleged crimes against his patients? Or is this a ploy staged by the corporate establishment unable to come to terms with his popularity and unprecedented rise? Set in a bustling, modern cancer hospital, this riveting novel takes us deep into the heart of the crucial battle between medical science and the complex and unpredictable nature of cancer.The truth comes forth in a thrilling battle of wits in the final courtroom drama, raising vital ethical questions about the immense power doctors hold over us while they negotiate the thin line between saving lives and playing god.
Fatal Margin
by Umanath NayakCancer crusader or god-player? Dr Veer Raghavan, a dynamic young cancer surgeon, is in CBI custody, suspected of fraud, medical negligence and malpractice. A forerunner in the field of oncology, Veer’s reputation and credibility is at stake. Is he guilty of committing the alleged crimes against his patients? Or is this a ploy staged by the corporate establishment unable to come to terms with his popularity and unprecedented rise? Set in a bustling, modern cancer hospital, this riveting novel takes us deep into the heart of the crucial battle between medical science and the complex and unpredictable nature of cancer.The truth comes forth in a thrilling battle of wits in the final courtroom drama, raising vital ethical questions about the immense power doctors hold over us while they negotiate the thin line between saving lives and playing god.
Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar
by Maurice LeblancTHE INSPIRATION BEHIND THE SMASH-HIT NETFLIX SERIES, LUPIN.An enemy to the rich; a friend to the poor - Arsène Lupin will stop at nothing until he gets what he wants. One of the best tropes of the gentleman thief and master of disguise, these tales of derring-do sparkle with wit and adventure and are often considered theearly template of the cool caper genre that are so popular. Fans of Holmes, Raffles, the Saint, Blackshirt and Norman Conquest will be delighted to discover the original debonair confidence man and burglar who often ends up solving crimes too.This first volume begins with Lupin's arrest and with him behind bars - but the adventure is only just beginning...
THE BEST SPY FICTION FROM THE WAR ERA: 100 YEARS OF WORLD WAR I (Hachette Retro Revivals)
by Hachette IndiaTimeless stories of adventure and daring. Thrilling reads. Addictive page-turners. The original bestsellers, now classics in their own right. The most popular fiction down the ages brought back as limited edition collectibles in the Hachette Retro Revival series, published in livery that is contemporary in appeal but is at once emphatically reminiscent of the 'yellowbacks' that most of the series was originally published as.
The Arsène Lupin Omnibus (4-books-in-1): Arsène Lupin-Gentleman Burglar; Arsène Lupin Versus Herlock Sholmes; The Hollow Needle and bonus novel Arsène Lupin (from a play by Leblanc novelized by Edgar Jepson)
by Maurice LeblancThe inspiration behind the smash-hit Netflix series.Arsène Lupin is a fictional gentleman thief and master of disguise created in 1905 by French writer Maurice Leblanc and first introduced in a series of short stories serialized in the magazine Je sais tout. Arsène Lupin, Gentleman Burglar (published in French as Arsène Lupin, gentleman-cambrioleur) is the first collection of stories by Maurice Leblanc recounting the adventures of Arsène Lupin, released on 10 June 1907. Containing the first eight stories depicting the character, each was first published in the French magazine Je sais tout. The first story, The Arrest of Arsène Lupin, was published in the magazine on 15 July 1905. The seventh story in this collection features English detective Sherlock Holmes, changed in subsequent publications to "Herlock Sholmes" after protests from Arthur Conan Doyle's lawyers. This match of wits continues in the second collection of stories, Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes. However, the second work was actually a play subsequently novelized by the author along with Edgar Jepson, which appears here as the second work; and the Herlock Sholmes as the third work.In The Hollow Needle, Arsène Lupin is opposed by Isidore Beautrelet, a young but gifted amateur detective, who is still in high school but who is poised to give Arsène Lupin a big headache. In the Arsène Lupin universe, the Hollow Needle is the second secret of Marie Antoinette and Alessandro Cagliostro, the hidden fortune of the Kings of France, as revealed to Arsène Lupin by Josephine Balsamo in the novel The Countess of Cagliostro (1924). The Mystery of the Hollow Needle hides a secret that the Kings of France have been handing down since the time of Julius Caesar... and now Arsène Lupin has mastered it. The legendary needle contains the most fabulous treasure ever imagined, a collection of queens' dowries, pearls, rubies, sapphires and diamonds... the fortune of the kings of France.Lupin was featured in 17 novels and 39 novellas by Maurice Leblanc, with the novellas or short stories collected into book form for a total of 24 books. This omnibus collects the first four works including Arsène Lupin-Gentleman Burglar; Arsène Lupin Versus Herlock Sholmes; The Hollow Needle and bonus novel Arsène Lupin (from a play by leblanc novelized by Edgar Jepson).
Monsoon Memories
by Renita D’SilvaEnglish rain smelt and tasted of nothing at all. It had none of the fury, the passion of the monsoons. Instead, it was weak; half-hearted.
Insider
by RV RamanA SOFTWARE ENGINEER goes missing in the Baltic. AN UNSCRUPULOUS STOCKBROKER is audaciously murdered in a crowded bar room. A HOTSHOT CEO is accused of insider trading. When Shashi Kurva, self-made man and one of India’s most successful CEOs, is named in an insider trading scandal, he is stunned. Utterly blindsided, he makes desperate attempts to prove his innocence and identify the real culprit, only to stumble upon a conspiracy that hits far too close to home. Racing between the boardroom, a stockbroking firm and a shattered family, Insider is a gritty tale of duplicity and avarice, manipulation and murder. Here, in the murky depths of the Indian stock market and data analytics, profit is the only motive, and money is the only language.
Patang
by Bhaskar Chattopadhyay‘I HATE THE RAIN…I HATE IT, HATE IT, HATE IT. BUT THE RAIN CAN’T STOP ME. NO ONE CAN…I’LL GO OUT AND PLAY TONIGHT…I WILL KILL ONLY FOUR. NO MORE, NO LESS. JUST FOUR.’ In the midst of one of the worst monsoons in Mumbai, a man is found brutally murdered, his body posed like a kite on the tallest cell tower in the city. As one corpse after another turns up in the unlikeliest of places, each gruesomely killed and carefully arranged in a grotesque manner, the Mumbai Police realize they have more on their hands than they can deal with. Enter Chandrakant Rathod, a maverick investigator the police turn to in times of need, who plays by his own rules and lives for the thrill of the chase. Pitting his sharp instincts against the machinations of the sadistic, ruthless killer, the detective succeeds in nabbing the psychopath and putting him behind bars. Then, three months later, the killings begin again. A deadly game is afoot – one that will challenge Rathod to the utmost, for it is a game that he cannot hope to win…
Conspirator
by RV RamanA YOUNG REPORTER dies a dramatic death. A VETERAN JOURNALIST investigating paid news is murdered in his hotel room. A BUSINESS TYCOON tries to seize control of a large media group. In the midst of a private party hosted by a media mogul in Coorg, murder strikes, sending shockwaves through its influential guests. When Inspector Dhruvi Kishore arrives at the scene, she finds, to her consternation, that some of her suspects – prominent politicians, businessmen, a blackmailer and a purveyor of fake news – have fled. She pursues them to Delhi, only to find herself drawn into the bewildering world of fake news, paid news and tailored news. Fighting against forces trying to shut down her investigation, Dhruvi struggles to weed out the truth from a web of well-constructed lies before time runs out. Revealing a world where ethics are scarce and lucre is abundant, Conspirator weaves a thrilling tale about how the people who uncover others’ secrets often have the most to hide.
Shot, Down
by Vivek RaoA software mogul gears up to launch a revolutionary surveillance system. A terrorist mastermind prepares to wage war against the Indian state. A young man is found dead under suspicious circumstances. One morning, the body of a young man is found by the railway tracks, battered and bruised. He is soon identified as software engineer Vishal Deshmukh, aka Shot, by his estranged elder brother, Ajay. But the circumstances surrounding Shot’s death are murky, and Ajay is confounded when the autopsy of reveals traces of hard liquor and cocaine in his blood. When he notices strange injuries on Shot’s hands, he is convinced that his brother was tortured and killed. With the police and hospital authorities dismissing his plea for help, Ajay decides to dig deeper on his own, little suspecting that he is about to unravel a terrifying plot with deadly implications for an entire nation. Caught in a race against time, he must piece together Shot’s final days and find the killers…before they find him.
The Disappearance of Sally Sequeira
by Bhaskar ChattopadhyayThe waves still crashed against the rocks. The moon still bathed the sandy beach with its light. And the piano still played on. But, amidst all this, just like that, Sally Sequeira had disappeared. With its pristine beaches and clear turquoise waters, the picturesque hamlet of Movim in Goa seems like the perfect holiday spot for detective Janardan Maity and his friend Prakash Ray. But when the father of a local teenage girl receives a letter asking for a large sum of money in exchange for his daughter, Maity and Prakash find themselves in the thick of an unlikely mystery. For, they discover, the girl has not been kidnapped at all, and is safe and sound in her house. As they begin to investigate, the duo encounter the mysterious characters who inhabit the tiny village, each hiding a secret of their own – not least the frail and shy Sally Sequeira, who keeps to herself but steps out at night to dance to the notes of a piano. What truth does Movim hide? And how will Janardan Maity solve a crime that has not yet been committed?
Calling Sehmat
by Harinder SikkaCalling Sehmat is a thrilling saga of a spy who, in the service of our nation, gave all of herself and that of her family so that we may live in peace. It is a story of a Kashmiri woman who married a Pakistani Army Officer so as to provide the Indian intelligence with invaluable information during the Indo-Pak War of 1971. Sehmat devised unique ways in her quest to get closer to the top brass in Pakistan. She almost single-handedly torpedoed Pakistans war plans through indefinable courage, wit and determination and was responsible for saving lives of scores of Indian soldiers. The story gives rare insight to the humble yet brave people of Kashmir who not only swear by India but also are willing to sacrifice their very being for the service of our nation.
Mission Shengzhan: India Fights the Dragon
by Tuhin Sinha Clark PrasadBuckle Up & Strap Yourself In Get ready to fire your Neurons! How can you fight an invisible enemy? An enemy who manipulates your subconscious mind!The planet is hit by a pandemic. General Deng Jintao in Beijing has a plan to dominate and the key is India needs to fail. Over the years he has deployed the 3W Doctrine. Control Public Opinion | Create Psychology Trauma | Use Legal Power Now he unleashes an asset to bring India down.Dr (Major) Vihan Swaraj, a rookie politician. His battles have moved from the border to corridors of power in Delhi. …He needs to know who friend or foe is.RAW Agent Udita Tandon, a covert field officer. She is crafty and driven by rage. ...She will make them pay.Dr. Mouni Khan Chaudhary, an economist. She talks about out-of-control monetary policies.…She is trapped in London.Yanni Jacob, of Indian antecedents, is a Mossad trained assassin and tracking a terror group in Istanbul.…He is running out of time.India is now the target of the Global Deep State. In this rollercoaster politico-medico-espionage thriller that plays out across continents, can India pull off a coup against the biological Chernobyl and save humanity's future?