crime fiction

Dear Reader, PREMIUM Black River by Nilanjana S. Roy(Courtesy: The Author) My daughter is ill. Her roommate phones me on Saturday to say her temperature has touched 104 degrees. Don’t worry, we’ve sponged her and given her paracetamol, her fever’s already coming down, she says. I toss a few clothes and books into a bag and take a taxi to Mumbai airport. All through the flight, sandwiched in seat 5B, I read A Suspension of Mercy. A Suspension of Mercy by Patricia Highsmith I’m in a two storeyed cottage on…

After seeking voluntary retirement from the state police service, Lionel Carmichael returns to his family home in the quaint hill station of Debrakot. He hopes to spend a quiet life there with a few quirky neighbours for company. However, that is not to be. There is a double murder at Shambala Villa or “Shambles”, as it has come to be known due to its dilapidated condition, and his former colleague SHO Thapliyal needs his help. Carmichael visits Shambles and finds Reuben Sabharwal, a self-styled godman, lying in a pool…