1. Jerry Pinto is the multi-award-winning and best-selling author of the novels Em and the Big Hoom, Murder in Mahim and The Education of Yuri, and the non- fiction book Helen: The Life and Times of a Bollywood H-Bomb. 2. Kalpana Swaminathan is one of India’s most acclaimed English-language authors and creator of the celebrated female detective Lalli. Her books include Bougainvillea House, Page 3 Murders, Monochrome Madonna and Murder in Seven Acts. 3. Anuradha Kumar is the author of several acclaimed books, among them twelve novels. Her stories have won awards from the Commonwealth Foundation, UK, and The Little Magazine, India. She writes a popular column for Scroll.in.
<p>Riveting murder mysteries set in the Maximum City—by three of India’s finest writers.</p><p>‘[A] page-turner…Pinto draws you into a world of ageing queens, male prostitutes, corrupt cops and other very well portrayed characters…MURDER IN MAHIM succeeds not just because it is a well-plotted whodunit but also because it is a non-judgmental tale of characters rarely cast in Mumbai’s hoary</p><p>narratives.’—Hindustan Times </p><p>‘A double murder mystery that unfolds with the measured pace, bravura and complexity of a Carnatic classical performance…Swaminathan expertly braids layers of intrigue and secret together to keep us on tenterhooks till the end. As with all her Lalli books, the road to discovery in [RAAGAM TAANAM PALLAVI] is paved with richly textured prose [and] characters who shine.’— Mint Lounge</p><p>‘[A] delightful and well-written bagatelle [set in 1896] which unrolls with the pace and style of a British television mini-series…the pleasure in [THE KIDNAPPING OF MARK TWAIN] comes from the journey even more than the destination.’—Asian review of Books</p>
