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- Location(s): Kolkata (Calcutta)
- Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
- Era(s): present
The Kolkata Conundrum A novel by Kalyan Lahiri The mysterious and alluring Pramila, resident of Avantika Heights, is brutally murdered. Sudhir Das, the security guard from the Golden Red Security Agency, is caught red-handed.In steps Sudhir’s boss, young Orko...
- Location(s): Kolkata (Calcutta)
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1940s
Eden Gardens, Calcutta, the 1940s. In a ramshackle house, streets away from the grand colonial mansions of the British, live Maisy, her Mam and their ayah, Pushpa. Whiskey-fuelled and poverty-stricken, Mam entertains officers in the night – a disgrace...
- Location(s): Hong Kong, Kolkata (Calcutta)
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1850s
Calcutta 1841. Emanuel an ambitious Jewish merchant wants to make his fortune by trading opium with China. Over the ensuing decades Emanuel s success will be determined by two remarkable women Semah his dutiful first wife in Calcutta whose...
- Location(s): Kolkata (Calcutta), Penzance
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
A café in Cornwall, October 2014. A frightening phone call to ROSE from her ex-husband Tom. ELLIE, their daughter, has not returned from her gap year. Is living in India helping the Untouchables. Terrified for her daughter’s safety she...
- Location(s): Kolkata (Calcutta)
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): First half 20th Century
1916, Calcutta. A man pauses for breath outside the ruins of Jheeter’s Gate station knowing he has only hours to live. Pursued by assassins, he must ensure the safety of two newborn twins, before disappearing into the night to...
- Location(s): Kolkata (Calcutta)
- Genre(s): Crime, Historical, Mystery
- Era(s): 1919
The winner of the Harvill Secker/Daily Telegraph crime writing competition Captain Sam Wyndham, former Scotland Yard detective, is a new arrival to Calcutta. Desperately seeking a fresh start after his experiences during the Great War, Wyndham has been recruited to...
- Location(s): Mayapur
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Modern
Most books on India written by foreigners share one trait: the authors visit India, then leave. Sorensen moved in, set up house, became a resident in a village on the banks of the Ganges river, and eventually called India...
- Location(s): Kolkata (Calcutta)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1960s
Calcutta, 1967. Unnoticed by his family, Supratik has become dangerously involved in extremist political activism. Compelled by an idealistic desire to change his life and the world around him, all he leaves behind before disappearing is this note ....
Calcutta: Two Years in the City
- Location(s): Kolkata (Calcutta)
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): 2009-2011
In 1999, Amit Chaudhuri moved back to Calcutta, the city in which he was born. It was a place he had loved in his youth and the place he had made his name writing about. But upon his return...