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The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
  • Author(s): Deborah Moggach
  • Location(s): Bangalore (Bengaluru)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

In the original this is These Foolish Things (which also features on the TF site) A very funny book about a retirement home in Bangalore, peopled by quirky British pensioners.

A Mother’s Secret

A Mother’s Secret
  • Author(s): Renita D'Silva
  • Location(s): Udupi, London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 20th century/21st century

What if you discovered that everything you knew about yourself was a lie? When pregnant Jaya loses her mother, then her baby son Arun in a tragic cot death, her world crashes down. Overcome by grief and guilt, she...

Cold Sun

Cold Sun
  • Author(s): Anita Sivakumaran
  • Location(s): Bangalore (Bengaluru)
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

In the golden afternoon light, the young woman lies perfectly still, her dark hair fanning out behind her. She is dressed in a rose red sari, shot through with gold. Just like the others. The last time Detective Vijay...

Friendship Love And Killer Escapades (FLAKE)

Friendship Love And Killer Escapades (FLAKE)
  • Author(s): Pankaj Giri
  • Location(s): Bangalore (Bengaluru)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Prakash Bharti: a shy, self-effacing, spiritually-inclined simpleton from Gangtok; Purvesh Shroff: a cocky, strapping young lad from Mumbai; Richa Malhotra: a sweet, vivacious girl from Bangalore; Anand Kumar Rajput: a mysterious, enigmatic personality from Jharkhand. Friendship, Love and Killer...

Ghachar Ghochar

Ghachar Ghochar
  • Author(s): Vivek Shenbagh
  • Location(s): Bangalore (Bengaluru)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

In this masterful novel by the acclaimed Indian writer Vivek Shanbhag, a close-knit family is delivered from near-destitution to sudden wealth after a miraculous change in fortune. As the narrator, along with his sister, his parents, and his uncle...

Murder Under a Red Moon

Murder Under a Red Moon
  • Author(s): Harini Nagendra
  • Location(s): Bangalore (Bengaluru)
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1920s

When new bride Kaveri Murthy reluctantly agrees to investigate a minor crime during the blood moon eclipse to please her domineering mother-in-law, she doesn’t expect to stumble upon a murder – again. With anti-British sentiments on the rise, a...

The Bangalore Detectives Club

The Bangalore Detectives Club
  • Author(s): Harini Nagendra
  • Location(s): Bangalore (Bengaluru)
  • Genre(s): Cosy Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Solving crimes isn’t easy. Add a jealous mother-in-law and having to wear a flowing sari into the mix, and you’ve got a problem. When clever, headstrong Kaveri moves to Bangalore to marry doctor Ramu, she’s resigned herself to a...

The Girl and the Tiger

The Girl and the Tiger
  • Author(s): Paul Rosolie
  • Location(s): Karnataka, Western Ghats
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Young Adult
  • Era(s): Modern

Isha is a girl who loves animals but struggles in the confines of school. When she is sent away to live with her grandparents on the Indian countryside, she discovers a sacred grove where a young Bengal tiger has...

The Girl from Trichy

The Girl from Trichy
  • Author(s): Gita V Reddy
  • Location(s): Bangalore (Bengaluru)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

“Appa enna solluvaro? What will Appa say?” Malathi comes from a conservative family. When she takes up a job in Bengaluru, her father gives her a list of conditions. Falling in love is definitely not among them! Aditya is...

The Passage to India

The Passage to India
  • Author(s): Allan Mallinson
  • Location(s): Kodagu (Coorg)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1830s

It is 1831, riots and rebellions are widespread . . . In England, the new government is facing protests against the attempts of the Tory-dominated House of Lords to thwart the passing of the Reform Bill. In India, relations...

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