Posted in Novel, Piggies on the Railway - A Kasthuri Kumar Mystery on March 16, 2009| 5 Comments »
O-V-U-R. Damn, I can’t get that irritating promo out of my head.
Anyway, I have about one hour ago typed the last word. And I’m literally going crazy. I can’t believe it. After calling everyone I know, and informing them of the momentous event, irrespective of whether they care or not, I am literally at a loose end. What do I do next? After working for sixteen hours a day for the past two months, suddenly I have nothing to do.
It’s exhilarating. It’s liberating. It’s frightening.
When tall, suave, handsome Kaustav Kapoor walks into her office, ditzy private investigator Kasthuri (aka Katie) Kumar has anything but detection on her mind. He is, after all, a scion of Bollywood’s first family—perhaps he has a role for her? Perhaps she will, at last, get to sashay down the red carpet in a designer gown, with flash bulbs following her every move?
But Kapoor’s intentions are much more prosaic: he wishes Katie to trace the heroine of his new blockbuster (and, if Katie’s read the glossies correctly, his life) who is mysteriously AWOL. Despite her misgivings, Katie finds herself unable to refuse the task entrusted to her, and thereon follows a bewildering hunt for the film star across a trail of corpses.
And if that isn’t excitement enough, she has to contend with the maddening and mysterious, but, oh-so-hot, Tejas Deshpande.
The first in a brand new detective series.
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