English India Mystery

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, ...

The grisly serial killings of prostitutes and vulnerable women in Victorian Whitechapel, dubbed by the popular press as the work of 'Jack the Ripper', are the talk of London, and from deep within the smog-ridden slums, yet another piercing shriek is heard. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John H. Watson are drawn into one of the darkest plots ever to shake the foundations of England. There are freemasons, conspiracies and plots at the highest level of the establishment.

No problem is too hard for her to crack. But can she mend his broken heart? Zoe Somersby knows how money can corrupt a man. But when this feisty and curvy redhead is hired to go undercover at the Blackwood Corporation to shadow the cold-hearted businessman Archer Blackwood, she’s quickly thrust into a wild and dangerous mission that will push her codebreaking skills – and her heart – to the limit. Archer Blackwood has one rule: he’s always in control. No exceptions. Zoe finds the sexy and headstrong billionaire infuriating, if not a bit amusing… but her frustration soon melts into...

She never expected to see him again— especially not the one who nearly destroyed her. When elite hacker Dylan discovers that the man who once tormented her is still alive, her carefully controlled world begins to unravel. But she’s not alone. Assigned to protect her is Owen Sorenson, the charming Navy SEAL with a lethal edge—and the only man who ever made her feel safe. As old nightmares resurface and a deadly enemy closes in, Dylan will be forced to choose: trust the one man she swore she’d never need, or lose her last shot at justice—and love.

In the middle of the space race between China and India, a spy gets hold of the Chang'e mission lunar module plans to sell them to the highest bidder, but the spy is intercepted in Burma. About to unleash a war between the two great nuclear powers of Asia, a European diplomat will accidentally come across a network to recover the plans at all costs and try to avoid the start of a third world war.

I’ve finally grasped my slice of hard-earned happiness, but will it turn into divine bliss or epic tragedy? I’m trying to enjoy life and love in picturesque Italy, finally reunited with Trevor, but my Master might have different plans for me. I meet Leon, a new Tantric demon here, and something tells me I’d better watch myself around him, or else.India unleashed my karma and awakened my dormant powers, transforming me into a powerful Tantric priestess. But unkillable can be killed. Happiness and sorrow are on the same flipping coin.Do we create our reality, or do we just add some salt...

A princely state in India, 1930, under the British Raj. To Bhopore and its opulent Summer Palace comes a handful of Western visitors to meet the outrageous Maharajah and his entourage. There they meet the Maharajah's heir, the sensual Porgy, and his English chorus-girl mistress. They meet the enigmatic chief minister, and the aloof British Resident, with his dignified little nine-year-old son. And before long they also meet sudden death.

Reema and Suman became a drifting couple for sometime. Can they ever be able not only to perch but to roost? Reema and Suman, both are in their early thirties, with a full decade of work experience. When Reema quit her job to cling to Suman, Reema’s mother was upset, so was Suman. Suman was wary that he became the monster who took away Reema’s freedom. Reema tried hard to make Suman feel her love. The effort made her realize that freeing Suman from his household duties so that his sole attention goes to his job while Reema hops from gig to gig was not losing independence. Did she think ...

When new bride Kaveri Murthy reluctantly agrees to investigate a minor crime during the blood moon eclipse to please her domineering mother-in-law, she doesn't expect to stumble upon a murder - again. With anti-British sentiments on the rise, a charismatic religious leader growing in influence, and the fight for women's suffrage gaining steam, Bangalore is turning out to be a far more dangerous place than Kaveri ever imagined, and everyone's motives are suspect.

In 1942 Calcutta, Dinanath becomes the witness of the murder of an investigation officer, who leaves him with a cryptic message. Young journalist Charlie joins him in a quest of an Idol. Winnie Carolina leaves with hints to guide them simultaneously pushing them in trouble in their venture for Ancient Idol. Enigmatic cues about the idol led them to the smugglers near caves in Sundarbans. Sequential murders thicken Dinanath’s search for an idol burglar. Idol quest reveals an important scientific discovery for which many opportunists are looking for years. He exposes the tusker gang but has...

Transmission, Hari Kunzru's new novel of love and lunacy, immigration and immunity, introduces a daydreaming Indian computer geek whose luxurious fantasies about life in America are shaken when he accepts a California job offer.

June, 1781. An unidentified body hangs upon a hook at Deptford Dock - horribly tortured and branded with a slaver’s mark. Some days later, Captain Harry Corsham - a war hero embarking upon a promising parliamentary career - is visited by the sister of an old friend. Her brother, passionate abolitionist Tad Archer, had been about to expose a secret that he believed could cause irreparable damage to the British slaving industry. He’d said people were trying to kill him, and now he is missing....

The book that years ago predicted a man-made global pandemic! TWO WOMEN, ONE OF WHOM JILTED HIM, HELP A PRIVATE EYE STOP A BIOLOGICAL CATASTROPHE! A prominent law firm asks an investigator to look into the death of a business executive. The firm's client is the dead executive’s widow – a woman who deserted the private eye years earlier! Against the backdrop of his own personal turmoil, the dogged investigator is soon enmeshed in an international conspiracy fueled by perverted science, and old Cold War hatred. "IF YOU LIKE HARD-BOILED ACTION, MEMORABLE VILLAINS AND TWISTY PLOTS, THE JAKE...

Enter the world of Ajay, Karan, and Sanjay, also known as AKS - the child prodigies and detectives of Great Mountain International School! Awarded by the Chief Minister of Karnataka for their thrilling adventures and maze-like case solving, these inseparable friends thrive on challenges. In "The Sivamudra Ghost Dance," the trio embarks on a seemingly ordinary school excursion to a power station near the small town of Sivamudra. But Sivamudra holds secrets, and what starts as a simple trip soon plunges AKS into a perplexing mystery. Whispers of ghosts and strange incidents surrounding the ...

Kashturi know she does not fit in at work, so it does not surprise her when she is the one sent to investigate an insignificant meteorite landing. But the space rock has landed in the gardens of Mysuru Palace, and nothing is what it seems. Now Kasturi will be forced to face up to her past. A mahout’s daughter, she was raised among a jungle tribe of elephant handlers, yet today she is the one who must protect not only local royalty and visiting celebrities, but also a dozen elephants from vicious carnivorous aliens. How will she defeat the marauding man-eaters? What will it take to contain...

Though Reema and Suman were not shifting across the ocean every calendar year, yet they were drifting from a city to another almost every quarter of a year. Will their life become harder with time? On a stormy night Reema and Suman arrived at a new city. They were not sure how long they could stay there yet with each passing moment they found calmness in each other, bonding them stronger than ever before. Every good thing comes to an end. One evening some of Suman’s colleagues found Reema working. The wheels of jealousy and conspiracy started rolling and Reema’s aloofness from the ...

She was trying to do her job by the book. Strong undercurrent of corruption was drifting her away. Could she survive her reality? Reema was a hard working Indian girl in her twenties. When her low paying public sector job made her work sixteen hours a day she did not complain. The same job introduced her to the reality of crime and corruption. Night after night Reema found herself wide awake turning from one side to another. Corruption was not a choice though corruption was about to kill her body and soul. Would she bury her naivety to become the ghastliest evil to triumph over the evil? ...

Reema has no clue if she could ever become strong enough to protect Suman from all the harm. Suman is clueless if he can keep his promises to Reema. Where would the couple end up? Reema and Suman went back home. Over the following month they sensed that the homecoming was temporary and they would be uprooted any moment to fly to a new location where they must start afresh. The new location was not at all welcoming. Reema and Suman saw worse and they tolerated the burnt. Arrangements of abrupt travel without the idea how long one has to stay in the new location hits on the money one has. Can...

Three pilgrims and travelers from widely different backgrounds make their way toward the headwaters of the Ganges River searching for renewal and spiritual awakening. Jagdish, an illiterate peasant, has always dreamed of visiting holy places in the Himalayas. Sovik, an Indian American scientist, seeks renewed life purpose after a traumatic health crisis. And Larry, a financial analyst, wants adventure as he recovers from a failed love affair; he falls in love with the vivacious Indian tour guide. Their paths cross at the temple near the source of the Ganges and they stumble upon a plot to ...

Gurgaon. December 2014. A young event manager, an ex-cop's son, is murdered. Inspector Ajai Singh vows justice. There is little to begin with, and frustration mounts when the initial suspect - a reclusive woman with a mysterious past - is found missing. Digging deeper, Singh uncovers a sordid tale of adultery, blackmail and revenge, only to find himself staring at a conspiracy unlike any he has seen.