{"product_id":"the-bangalore-detectives-club-9781639361595","title":"The Bangalore Detectives Club","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003eNotable Book of the Year.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe first in a charming, joyful crime series set in 1920s Bangalore, featuring sari-wearing detective Kaveri and her husband Ramu. Perfect for fans of Alexander McCall Smith's The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency.\u003c\/strong\u003eWhen clever, headstrong Kaveri moves to Bangalore to marry handsome young doctor Ramu, she's resigned herself to a quiet life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut that all changes the night of the party at the Century Club, where she escapes to the garden for some peace and quiet-and instead spots an uninvited guest in the shadows. Half an hour later, the party turns into a murder scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a vulnerable woman is connected to the crime, Kaveri becomes determined to save her and launches a private investigation to find the killer, tracing his steps from an illustrious brothel to an Englishman's mansion. She soon finds that sleuthing in a sari isn't as hard as it seems when you have a talent for mathematics, a head for logic, and a doctor for a husband . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd she's going to need them all as the case leads her deeper into a hotbed of danger, sedition, and intrigue in Bangalore's darkest alleyways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHarini Nagendra\u003c\/b\u003e is a Professor of Sustainability at Azim Premji University, Bangalore, India, and the author of \u003ci\u003eNature in the City: Bengaluru in the Past, Present and Future\u003c\/i\u003e. She received a 2013 Elinor Ostrom Senior Scholar Award and a 2007 Cozzarelli Prize with Elinor Ostrom from the Proceedings of the US National Academy of Sciences for research on sustainability. \u003ci\u003eThe Bangalore Detectives Club, \u003c\/i\u003ethe first book in the Detective Kaveri mysteries, is her first novel. She lives in Bangalore.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Pegasus Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50707705692434,"sku":"9781639361595","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bda3649f-f480-4dbe-a394-eca2164014ff.jpg?v=1748684505","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-bangalore-detectives-club-9781639361595","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}