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The Hachette Book of Indian Detective Fiction Volume 1: Stories from the subcontinent

Tarun K. Saint

An elite squad detective from the future travels back in time to hunt down a time escapee.

Across the city of Tokyo, liquids are turning blue, and elsewhere a Tamil actress is kidnapped.

The gruesome murder of an adult industry star spirals into a web of deceit and leads to a bizarre revelation.

A journalist races against time to find the missing link between the deaths of a daily soap actress, a classical vocalist and a famous painter.

And more...

The first-ever anthology of its kind, The Hachette Book of Indian Detective Fiction Volume 1 compiles more than fifteen compelling whodunits, supernatural mysteries, serial murders and absurd crimes spread across two volumes. Through hybrid, self-reflexive and experimental forms of writing (including translations from Bengali and Tamil), this collection invites readers to unravel mysteries with every turn of the page, masterfully showcasing distinctive instances of the genre.

Red herrings simmered in blood gravy, served up with family feuds, ancient curses, long-haired lady sleuths and many other typical subcontinental chutneys provide a rare feast for the avid reader of crime fiction!

Tarun K. Saint

Tarun K. Saint was born in Kenya, and has lived in India since 1972. His interests include the literature of the Partition, science fiction and detective fiction. He is the author of Witnessing Partition: Memory, History, Fiction (2nd edition, 2020), based on his doctoral dissertation. He edited Bruised Memories: Communal Violence and the Writer (2002) and co-edited (with Ravikant) Translating Partition (2001). He also coedited Looking Back: India's Partition, 70 Years On, with Rakhshanda Jalil and Debjani Sengupta (2017). He has edited The Gollancz Book of South Asian Science Fiction, Volume 1 (2019) and Volume 2 (2021). The bilingual (IndianItalian) science fiction anthology Avatar: Indian Science Fiction, co-edited with Francesco Verso, appeared in January 2020, and the bilingual SF collection Kalicalypse: Subcontinental Science Fiction (co-edited with Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay and Francesco Verso) in 2022. Ecoceanic: Global South SF (co-edited with Francesco Verso) was published in January 2024.

He has most recently edited the two volume books, The Hachette Book of Indian Detective Fiction (2024).

The Hachette Book of Indian Detective Fiction Volume 1: Stories from the subcontinent

Tarun K. Saint

Tarun K. Saint

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