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2000s: Book one in The Orko Deb Mystery Series
The Kolkata Conundrum
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The mysterious and alluring Pramila, resident of Avantika Heights, is brutally murdered and Sudhir Das, the security guard from the Golden Red Security Agency, is caught red-handed.
In steps Sudhir’s boss, young Orko Deb, to investigate but his discovery throws up more questions than answers. Just who is this Pramila? Why was he murdered and who is the guilty party?
A bank is suspected of money laundering and a jeweler’s store is burgled. Golden Red Security Agency suddenly has the attention focused on itself
Events take a turn for the worst, when Orko is arrested.
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India – Calcutta – Rajapur
The city is a cacophony of noise and chaos. Court House Street is where “the ugly civil court and the dilapidated buildings” are located
The novel highlights the chaos of the city and the unexpected turn of events in the murder and the investigations. This is a city where the alleyways lead nowhere and the monsoon threatens to wash it all away.
“A surburban station, a couple of stations before the central city station. Behind the platform, a tall staircase led down to the street level, There they had to pock their way though the vendors selling all kinds of wares people stopping off to examine them, urchins running with glasses of hotel tea in wire cages swinging from their hands matrons holding two children in both hands while bargaining with the hawkers, food sellers selling everything from fritters to puffed rice to kebabs to sweetmeats, and cows placidly chewing..”
Booktrail Boarding Pass: The Kolkata Conundrum
Destination: Calcutta Author/Guide: Kalyan Lahiri Departure Time: 2000s
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