Historical mystery

The Bangalore Detectives Club

by Harini Nagendra

In 1921 Bangalore, mathematics-minded Kaveri has recently joined her doctor husband Ramu and is learning the expectations placed on a young married woman. At a gathering at the exclusive Century Club, she glimpses a suspicious figure shortly before the evening becomes a murder scene. Her investigation moves through gardens, neighborhoods, and communities divided by gender, caste, and colonial power, with Ramu supporting rather than restraining her curiosity. Warm and historically textured, this series opener suits readers who enjoy amateur husband-and-wife sleuths, interwar India, social observation, and heroines applying both logic and empathy beyond the limits prescribed for them.