Ring Twice for Mrs. Naren
He was thirty-six with his life moving in the wrong direction. She was stuck in a loveless marriage. When they meet, sparks were bound to fly. Only he didn’t know it would lead to murder.
Struggling lawyer, Anand Sinha, meets Mrs Leela Naren at her mansion in Delhi. He is stunned by her seductive charms and looks. The fateful meeting changes the course of their lives. He mentions that her husband plans to change the Will. This has a dramatic effect. She wonders what her abusive husband will do. She fears being thrown out of her luxurious house. She is unhappy in her married life and when she hears that her husband plans to disinherit her; it sets her heart on fire. Before long, they embark on a passionate love affair. Kapil Naren has a fifty-crore fortune. Leela Naren and Anand Sinha plan a sinister scheme to murder Mr. Naren.
READ RING TWICE FOR MRS NAREN AND BE BLOWN AWAY…
Published by Rampart Books, UK, 2025.
In God’s Country, Karwar
Twenty years ago, circumstances pushed a teenager, Vinod Hegde to kill someone. Now, released from prison, he wants to start a new life in Bangalore. But trouble seems to follow him… trouble of the deadly kind. Vinod is forced to return to his home town, Karwar, but not everyone is pleased to welcome him back.
His old friend Inspector Rock is investigating the murder of a prominent lawyer Satish Verma. While Verma’s wife and children seem devastated at the loss, there’s a damning rumour. Uma Verma, Satish Verma’s wife, has a secret lover who has killed her husband. A week later, a planning officer is also found dead and soon another murder follows. Inspector Rock struggles to establish a connection and the town is scared.
To make matters worse, a multi-crore fortune is at stake, and a wild and ruthless set of criminals are chasing it. They are in no mood to let anyone stand in their way.
Will Inspector Rock find the ruthless killers? Can Vinod Hegde rekindle his old love and get back to a normal life? Will Uma Verma finally find peace and happiness? Time will tell. The only problem is, there isn’t much of it… A story of long-lost love, friendship and murder, set in the scenic coastal town of Karwar, India.
Published by Leadstart, India, 2023. Available to buy from bookstores and Amazon.
The Lost Woman of Santa Cruz
Mid-July, Inspector Ajay Shaktawat is called to a house. A retired Deputy Commissioner of Police has been beaten to death. A young man is barely alive besides him. Both are the victims of shocking cruelty.
The intense investigation leads to a woman missing from Santacruz, Mumbai. At the same time, a crazed cop killer terrorises Mumbai. No one understands the connection or motive. Inspector Shaktawat must battle against time and the increasing body count of retired officers if he’s to succeed. Now with time running short, a tough Special Branch officer from Delhi monitors his activities.
Meanwhile, Shaktawat’s life is in shambles: his wife has left him four
months ago along with his two teenage children. He’s struggling to win her back. His mother, a robust seventy year-old, barely tolerates him. Loneliness has cut into his life. He works tirelessly, has gained weight and drinks most nights away. Will he be able to get his life back on track?
Will Shaktawat catch the elusive murderer before he strikes again?
Available as e-book and paperback on amazon. Published by Leadstart, India, 2021.
The Missing Husband
Mumbai PI Abhay Chauhan is hired by the Fernandez family. A brutal blackmail gang is giving elderly, multi-millionare, Joseph Fernandez, the squeeze. With Fernandez’s shrewd young wife and a wild, party-loving daughter causing mayhem in Mumbai, Chauhan has his work cut out. And that’s before he stumbles across the first corpse.
He’s also asked to find Fernandez’s son-in-law who has disappeared. The police think that the man has committed suicide and the leads have gone cold. As Chauhan starts his investigation, the blackmail turns into a double homicide. A large fortune is at stake, and the two cases unravel to a violent climax.
The novel introduces PI Abhay Chauhan, who drives a dark blue Hindustan Contessa and carries a Glock semi-automatic. Laced with humour, the story is set in 1995 Mumbai.
Available as a paperback on amazon. Published by Crocus Books, UK, 2019.
The House of Subadar
Having lost their farm to the bank, the Subadar family make the epic journey from Punjab to Bombay in search of a new life. They find work on a farm owned by an old man and his widowed daughter, but their happiness is short-lived as political violence threatens to destroy their livelihood.
Published by Arcadia Books, London, 2007. Shortlisted for the Glen Dimplex New Writers Award, Dublin, in 2008.
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