Crime fiction
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Meet DCP Rita Ferreira, the fictional detective who stars amongst Mumbai’s top policemen
Vish Dhamija
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Why is a former Mumbai police hero holed up in the Himalayas? Meet an all new fictional detective
Udayan Mukherjee
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Beneath the veneer of a crime novel, ‘You Beneath Your Skin’ is a study of problematic relationships
Rituparna Roy
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‘Ginny Kalra, I loved you. Did I kill you?’ An air-hostess is found dead. Her neighbour is suspected
Pratyaksha
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How the ‘good guy with a gun’ from crime novels has become a deadly fantasy in the US
Susanna Lee, The Conversation
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Perveen Mistry returns: A new novel takes the 1920s crime-solving lawyer to the kingdom of Satapur
Sujata Massey
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In this novel, something big enough to bite a human head off at one go is on the loose in Mumbai
Krishna Udaysankar
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A Van Gogh has been stolen. Is the thief Indian? A new crime novel chases an art masterpiece
Vish Dhamija
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The death of Buffet Bhatt and the antics of Coke Rao: This novel takes a knife to Delhi’s swish set
Ravi Shankar Etteth
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Before Lisbeth Salander: The couple that invented Nordic noir with the Martin Beck series of books
Amish Raj Mulmi
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The Wych Elm
Scroll Staff
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A Murder on Malabar Hill
Scroll Staff
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Being Muslim in the West: This crime fiction series set in Toronto shines as a beacon of hope
Amish Raj Mulmi
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This Bengali radio show’s storytelling skills could put even Netflix in the shade
Preetha Banerjee
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JK Rowling aka Robert Galbraith’s latest Strike novel is her most relevant book for adults yet
Neha Bhatt
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This unusual novel uses interviews, WhatsApp chats, emails and reports to piece together a thriller
Nikhil Pradhan
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JK Rowling’s fourth Cormoran Strike novel is coming. Here’s what’s happened in the series so far
Neha Bhatt
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A taste of the delicious flavours that food adds to crime fiction from around the world
Carolina Miranda, The Conversation M Jean Anderson, The Conversation Barbara Pezzotti, The Conversation
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The residents of an old age home in Goa band together to solve a mysterious death in this novel
Bulbul Sharma
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Detective Arjun Arora returns in Ankush Saikia’s new book to find the murderer of a young Naga woman
Ankush Saikia