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The Artful Murders: A Ragini Malhotra Mystery
Paperback
ISBN13: 9789354479939
Publisher: Speaking Tiger Books
Published: Feb 10 2025
Pages: 352
Weight: 0.76
Height: 0.79 Width: 5.06 Depth: 7.81
Language: English
In a leafy lane in South Delhi's Greater Kailash-II, all is not well. Lakshmi
Krishnamurthi, the lovable 'Madrasi aunty' of the neighbourhood, has not
been seen for 48 hours. When her neighbour, Ragini Malhotra, accompanies
Vikas, the local cop, to investigate, she finds a painting missing from the
wall-a five-crore Husain.
Meanwhile, far away, on the Mumbai-Pune highway, Pratap, a long-distance
driver, is found stabbed to death. In the car with him that night were an
unidentified man and Shobhana Shandilya, a glamorous Mumbai socialite,
twice divorced, who has set her sights on the well-known scientist Afroz
Ahmed as husband number three.
Is there a connection between the two crimes? Housewife turned Sherlock
Holmes Ragini Malhotra discovers that there may just be-when she
meets Mrs Krishnamurthi's niece, the nubile young Bharatanatyam dancer
Saudamini, and the seemingly genteel Ruksana Begum, once M.F. Husain's
muse.
It's a tangled web, and Ragini's detective skills will be properly tested. Ably
assisted by Raunaq, an auto driver, Rudy, Pratap's gay partner, and Premlata
Puri, a private investigator, Mrs Malhotra joins the dots to bring this
intricate mesh of love, betrayal, greed, deceit and art smuggling to a startling
conclusion.
In his first foray into detective fiction, Feisal Alkazi brings together his
knowledge of the worlds of art and theatre, and of the city of Delhi, to create
a masterful, entertaining-and sparkling-page-turner.
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