Bandilanka, a fictional village in Southern India, represents many such ones across the Indian subcontinent, still caught up in the age-old customs and superstitions that are destructive at times. The characters in this collection have each faced some form of injustice or loss.
If you really, really wish to understand the psyche of my two South-Asian-American female sleuths Leela and Meena, do check out “Murders Most Matronly.” You will surely understand what drives them to emulate their idol Jane Marple. Memories of summer holidays spent with their grandparents and devoted to devouring Agatha Christie murder mysteries reappear when […]
Some of you my remember me as the author of “Murders Most Matronly.” My two sleuths have once again psyched criminals. Is academia’s ivory tower immune to murder and mayhem? Leela Rao and Meena Rao, 21st century avatars of Agatha Christie’s Jane Marple, uncover depths of moral turpitude that shake the very foundations of the […]