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Murder Under a Red Moon

Harini Nagendra

Murder Under a Red Moon

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March 30, 2023
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Riveting. [Nagendra's] use of colonial history is thoroughly fascinating, with devastating depictions of the airy condescension of the British. A fine start to a promising series.
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Synopsis

Book 2 of 2: Bangalore Detectives Club

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.

Together with the Bangalore Detectives Club - a mixed bag of people including street urchins, nosy neighbours, an ex-prostitute and a policeman's wife - Kaveri once again sleuths in her sari and hunts for clues in her beloved 1920s Ford. But when Kaveri's life is suddenly put in danger, she realizes that she might be getting uncomfortably close to the truth. So she must now draw on her wits and find the killer -- before they find her...

Product Information

Number of pages
304
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
#ISBN
Number of pages
9781408715239
Date of Publication
March 30, 2023
Format
Paperback
Weight
214
g
Dimensions
12.7
x
19.7
x
2.3
cm

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Murder Under a Red Moon centres around embezzlement, which is rapidly followed by a murder. Kaveri, along with an assortment of people, from ex-prostitutes, to police officers, to wealthy wives, must investigate who the murderer is and the motive. The second instalment of the Detective's Club has no shortage of entertainment, beautiful descriptions, and heartwarming moments.
Goodreads reviewer - E
Whatever the magical formula is for a series that’s readable, loveable, and that truly simply sparkles on the page, Negendra seems to possess it. She’s the real deal. The first two books are totally delightful and hold the promise of more delights to come.
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About the author

Harini Nagendra

Harini Nagendra is a professor of ecology at Azim Premji University, and a well-known public speaker and writer on issues of nature and sustainability. She is internationally recognized for her scholarship on sustainability, with honors that include the 2009 Cozzarelli Prize from the US National Academy of Sciences, the 2013 Elinor Ostrom Senior Scholar award, and the 2017 Clarivate Web of Science award for interdisciplinary research in India.

Her non-fiction books include Nature in the City: Bengaluru in the Past, Present and Future, and two books co-authored with Seema Mundoli – So Many Leaves, and Cities and Canopies: Trees in Indian Cities, which received the 2020 Publishing Next Awards for best English non-fiction book in India, and was featured on the 2021 Green Literature Festival’s honor list. The Bangalore Detectives Club is her first crime fiction novel.

Harini lives in Bangalore with her family, in a home filled with maps. She loves trees, mysteries, and traditional recipes.

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