mystery

Mumbai Noir

Akshaya Pillai

Seven shades of the macabre in the metropolis

The Fatal Charm of Death

Lakshmi Bayi

Like a perfect lover, death will continue to fascinate the living

Red Shadow Behind Subhas Chandra Bose

Iqbal Malhotra

It’s time to reopen RAW’s case files on the covert activities of ACN Nambiar in Europe of the 1920s and 30s. They might help us solve many a riddle of the foreign ties of Indian freedom fighters

Everyone Loves a Good Serial Killer

Shylashri Shankar

The dark heroes of popular culture

Subhas Chandra Bose’s Last Journey

Krishna Bose

The Taipei Saga

The mystery of Sunanda Pushkar’s death

Open

Injury No 10, a puncture mark caused by an injection, has been of interest to all investigators

The Perfect Mystery

Mihir Srivastava

A case that challenged India’s system of criminal justice

We know Sherlock ‘elementary’ Holmes, we know Hercule ‘little grey cells’ Poirot and we know Philip ‘I collect blondes and bottles’ Marlowe. Now, several writers are making a pitch for the next great detective—from India