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Detective

  • ‘Chikkamma Tours Pvt Ltd’: A cosy Bangalore murder mystery with a realistic portrayal of queer lives

    ‘Chikkamma Tours Pvt Ltd’: A cosy Bangalore murder mystery with a realistic portrayal of queer lives

    Pranvi Khare
    · Nov 17, 2024 · 05:30 pm
  • Is there space on serious Indian bookshelves for the silliness of a racy crime novel?

    Is there space on serious Indian bookshelves for the silliness of a racy crime novel?

    Samyukta Bhowmick
    · Nov 17, 2024 · 01:30 pm
  • Detective fiction: Ambai’s private eye Sudha Gupta is on a mission to uncover Mumbai’s underbelly

    Detective fiction: Ambai’s private eye Sudha Gupta is on a mission to uncover Mumbai’s underbelly

    Ambai Gita Subramanian
    · Jul 19, 2024 · 05:30 pm
  • Thriller: When a photographer witnesses a murder, he turns to a detective to confess his own crimes

    Thriller: When a photographer witnesses a murder, he turns to a detective to confess his own crimes

    Bhaskar Chattopadhyay
    · May 24, 2024 · 05:30 pm
  • Is Hercule Poirot autistic? Seven clues say he might be (though Agatha Christie never said so)

    Is Hercule Poirot autistic? Seven clues say he might be (though Agatha Christie never said so)

    Rebecca Ellis, The Conversation Jamie Bernthal-Hooker, The Conversation
    · Aug 26, 2023 · 05:30 pm
  • Can a detective novel study the evolution of a city through its history of crime and detection?

    Can a detective novel study the evolution of a city through its history of crime and detection?

    Saptak Choudhury
    · Oct 16, 2022 · 12:30 pm
  • Sherlock Holmes and the case of toxic masculinity: What lies behind the detective’s appeal?

    Sherlock Holmes and the case of toxic masculinity: What lies behind the detective’s appeal?

    Ashley Morgan, The Conversation
    · Dec 18, 2020 · 05:30 pm
  • Sherlock Holmes and the forged Stradivari violin: Did we miss a vital clue for 130 years?

    Sherlock Holmes and the forged Stradivari violin: Did we miss a vital clue for 130 years?

    Rachael Durkin, The Conversation
    · Jul 18, 2017 · 09:30 pm
  • In Maharaja Sikander Singh, has India found the flamboyant fictional detective every country needs?

    In Maharaja Sikander Singh, has India found the flamboyant fictional detective every country needs?

    Arjun Raj Gaind
    · Nov 14, 2016 · 08:30 am