English India Mystery

In this contemporary Romeo and Juliet story set within India's caste system, private investigator Vish Puri faces his most difficult challenge to date - a high-stakes mystery involving one of India's most controversial commodities: love. When Ram and Tulsi fall in love, the young woman's parents are dead set against the union. She's from a high-caste family, but her boyfriend is an untouchable from the lowest strata of Indian society. Young Tulsi's father locks her up and promises to hunt down and kill the "lover boydog."

An impossible mission. Seasoned operatives. Can this husband and wife team keep their love alive? The women of Purgatory are gearing up for their toughest mission yet… and this time, it will push them to the breaking point. When top assassin Gabrielle Thorne accepts a mysterious job, she should have listened to the warning signs – because now they’re all in danger. Dragged into a deadly cat-and-mouse game with her team Sully, Mac, Wes, Dee, Owen, and Lance, the women of Purgatory and their Navy SEAL lovers quickly find themselves embroiled in a struggle for survival that will have ...

When a young woman comes forward saying she’s the reincarnation of Riya Kaur, a wife and mother who vanished during the bloody 1984 anti-Sikh riots, Puri is dismissive. He’s busy enough dealing with an irate matrimonial client whose daughter is complaining about her groom’s thunderous snoring. Puri’s indomitable Mummy-ji, however, is adamant the client is genuine. How else could she so accurately describe under hypnosis Riya Kaur’s life and final hours?

A novella with the quirkiness of Japanese mysteries and lingering suspense that grows with every page. They barely know each other, but their lives are about to entangle in unexpected ways. Paul, Krishna, Gloria, and Varsha have nothing in common. Only that they have time on their hands to take Spanish language classes and are free for an hour after it to hang around in a café. Over the course of three months, the four grow close to each other, sharing the joys and tribulations of their lives. Paul is lonely after his wife’s death and wanders about the city, collecting plants. Krishna is...

Demons have more than one face. Their true nature is hidden under the illusions they cast upon humans.But I was a cursed creature, a powerless demon dressed as a monk. Rugs got ripped out from under my feet fairly often lately. The meeting with the other demon, the only male demon I’ve encountered so far, pulled out of me such an amount of aggression that surprised me. The Tantric creatures were possessive and territorial and when it came to their loved ones, they transformed into beasts. My decision to change my fate and regain my powers was set in stone. I was planning to go back to the...

The Parsees are among the oldest, most secretive and most influential communities in the city: respected, envied and sometimes feared. When prominent industrialist Cyrus Zorabian is murdered on holy ground, his body dumped inside a Tower of Silence - where the Parsee dead are consumed by vultures - the police dismiss it as a random killing. But his daughter is unconvinced. Chopra, uneasy at entering this world of power and privilege, is soon plagued by doubts about the case. But murder is murder.

Barbaric India, land of languor, intrigue, strange appetites, exotic women, cruel and scheming men! It was in this India that the woman of Kali spun her silken web. She was Sharita, high priestess of the cult of death, mistress of forbidden rites, who used her strange powers in a plot to seize the throne of this great Eastern empire and destroy the foreign invaders. Then she met the tall, blond Pritchard, captain of the Madras Light Horse, whose great strength and fame as a soldier had traveled the length and breadth of India. In her pagan temple, with every wile of the Orient, Sharita ...

If I thought my life would be easier now that my powers had increased, I was deluding myself. The world of a Tantric Priestess was filled with problems and dangers, and I was going to have to adjust fast. Would I be able to face all my enemies? Would I be able to still be myself and keep the things that I desired, like the man I had come to love in India? And what about my mysterious father? So many questions, so few answers.

In a merciless summer of biblical heat and destructive winds, Gabrielle Fox's main concern is to rebuild her career as a psychologist after a shattering car accident. But when she is assigned a patient who is the most dangerous teenager in the country, she begins to fear she has made a terrible mistake.

Rachel catches the same commuter train every morning. She knows it will wait at the same signal each time, overlooking a row of back gardens. She's even started to feel like she knows the people who live in one of the houses. Jess and Jason, she calls them. Their life - as she sees it - is perfect. If only Rachel could be that happy. And then she sees something shocking. It's only a minute until the train moves on, but it's enough. Now everything's changed.

India Summers is a librarian and a talented historian, so when a stranger asks her opinion on an ancient coin she is happy to oblige, but when the same man is murdered less than an hour later, it soon becomes apparent that there is far more to the situation than meets the eye. Recognising her unique talents for historical reference, she is quickly recruited by Brandon Walker, a security service intelligence officer investigating the strange disappearance of a very special young girl.

Jha Ramandem was born in Agra, India. He had dreams of building great things. Jha spent his days helping his mother and exploring the Taj Mahal. He knew every nook and cranny of the beautiful mosque made of white marble. When Jha was twelve, his mother and baby sister disappeared, leaving him alone with no hope for a future. A friend took him in and turned his life around. Jha found purpose, attended school, and worked hard to become a teacher.. Jha prayed to Lord Ganesha. The elephant headed God appeared to him and blessed him, but he warned him to be pure of heart. If he failed, his life ...

My life is a mess. An affair that shouldn’t have happened, a divorce that is impending… and what did I do? I ran away on an exotic, spiritual trip with my best friends. Ten days in the Himalayas, with no signal and no internet connection, should have helped clear my head. Instead, I once again got more than I’d bargained for.Two men and they both make my heart flutter. Brad is our guide. He’s hot and mysterious, and when he looks at me, I feel like he knows me better than I know myself. Trevor is a free, wild soul, and the moment I meet him, I want to tame him. No matter whom I ...

The Pyramid of Cheops. The largest and most enigmatic of them all. Possibly the greatest monument of all time and truly a tomb fit for a Pharaoh...or was it? Despite finding a sarcophagus in the King's chamber, many experts now believe that Khufu, the Pharaoh at the time, was never actually interred there. But if that's the case, where is he?

When a 100-year-old crucifix is discovered around the neck of a 500-year-old mummy, Brandon Walker once more calls on the expertise of India Summers to solve the mystery. Within days they realise there is far more to this than a cruel hoax, and it soon becomes clear that there are strong links back to the SS in the Second World War. Ultimately, what they find is not only a cover-up of global proportions and the tragic aftermath of a long-forgotten battle, but a group of dangerous men seeking the most powerful and dangerous Icon the world has ever known.

A young girl comes to live in the slums of New Delhi. It is a place of danger where street gangs rule. Through the initiative of a blind beggar, she is taken to work in the home of a rich businessman and his dysfunctional son. There, she observes a world of education and privilege - a world that is out of her reach. But danger still stalks her. A kidnap attempt forces her to flee to her childhood home in the tropical backwaters of Kerala - a land of wooden boats, fishing, and elephants. But she cannot hide forever.

Penrose and Pyke’s wedding dream turns to ashes when the local women’s refuge goes up in flames. Grace Penrose is used to protesters at Lavender House, but she never expected them to set the refuge on fire, especially not on her wedding day. And her mother’s carefully orchestrated wedding plan definitely did not include Charlie Pyke disappearing into an inferno. The discovery of a woman’s body in the smouldering ruins rouses Grace and Charlie’s detective instincts. With marital bliss on their minds, an investigation is the last thing they need. But how can they ignore a murder, ...

She abandoned him without a word. Now fate has forced her back into his arms. Isabel Osborne is no stranger to tough choices. Forced to abandon her prince charming to hide a life-changing secret, she’s spent years nursing her wounded heart. But after fate causes her to cross paths with the notorious Finch, Isabel is drawn into a dangerous world that will serve her a blast from the past who she never thought she’d see again. Former Delta Force veteran Kai Jones left his laid-back surfer boy persona back in Hawaii – but try as he might, he never forgot about the forbidden siren who ...

Necropolis follows Sajan Dayal, a detective in pursuit of a serial (though nonlethal) collector of fingers. He encounters would-be vampires and werewolves, and a woman named Razia who may or may not be centuries old.

Inspired by a true sensational mystery. Solved in the vintage Agatha Christie style by who else, but the redoubtable Geeta Ratan. DELHI: Sunaina Pushkar, 51-year-old wife of Sanjiv Nair, the ultra-suave Minister of External Affairs, is suddenly found dead in her suite in a luxurious five-star hotel. Nobody knows who killed her or what killed her. Even her autopsy report is not able to find the cause of her “sudden, unnatural death.” The whole world believes Sanjiv Nair murdered his wife, as he seemed to have the perfect motive to do so. But did he? Geeta Ratan, an amateur sleuth, ...