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Mumbai Matinee

Mumbai Matinee
  • Author(s): Ajay Kaul
  • Location(s): Mumbai (Bombay)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1991

A unique and unforgettable cast of characters shines through eight interconnected stories, influenced by true incidents from the 1990s to 2000s Mumbai. As the Indian economy opens up in 1991, Bombay (now Mumbai) – India’s financial hub, witnesses a...

Mumbai Noir

Mumbai Noir
  • Author(s): Altaf Tyewala
  • Location(s): Mumbai (Bombay)
  • Genre(s): Crime, Short Stories
  • Era(s): Modern

Under the editorship of Altaf Tyewala. Following the Bombay Communal Riots of 1992 which saw neighbour pitched against neighbour in fierce bouts of internecine violence, came the retaliatory bomb blasts of 1993 and the name change to Mumbai in...

Murder in Old Bombay

Murder in Old Bombay
  • Author(s): Nev March
  • Location(s): Mumbai (Bombay)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Crime, Historical
  • Era(s): Late 19th century

In 19th century Bombay, Captain Jim Agnihotri channels his idol, Sherlock Holmes, in Nev March’s Minotaur Books/Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Award-winning debut. In 1892, Bombay is the centre of British India. Nearby, Captain Jim Agnihotri lies...

Paper Moon

Paper Moon
  • Author(s): Rehana Munir
  • Location(s): Mumbai (Bombay)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

BOOKS. BOMBAY. ROMANCE. When her estranged father passes away, Fiza, fresh out of college, discovers that he has left her a tidy sum in the hope that she will open a bookshop… Overnight, Fiza’s placid life is thrown into...

Schrödinger’s Cat May or May Not Have Been Here

Schrödinger’s Cat May or May Not Have Been Here
  • Author(s): Nilam A McGrath
  • Location(s): Mussoorie, Mumbai (Bombay)
  • Genre(s): Coming of Age
  • Era(s): late 1970s/early 1980s

What good is a superstitious scientist? For Krishna Kumar, what starts as a harmless superstition sparks a journey that no scientist could have predicted. Aged 12, Krishna is recognised as a child prodigy and gets a prestigious scholarship to...

Such a Long Journey

Such a Long Journey
  • Author(s): Rohinton Mistry
  • Location(s): Mumbai (Bombay)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1970s

Such Big Dreams

Such Big Dreams
  • Author(s): Reema Patel
  • Location(s): Mumbai (Bombay)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): current

Rakhi is a twenty-three-year-old haunted by the grisly aftermath of an incident that led to the loss of her best friend eleven years ago. Constantly reminded she doesn’t belong, Rakhi lives alone in a Mumbai slum, working as a...

Swimming Lessons and other stories from Firozsha Baag

Swimming Lessons and other stories from Firozsha Baag
  • Author(s): Rohinton Mistry
  • Location(s): Mumbai (Bombay)
  • Genre(s): Short Stories
  • Era(s): 1980s

The Blue Monsoon

The Blue Monsoon
  • Author(s): Damyanti Biswas
  • Location(s): Mumbai (Bombay)
  • Genre(s): Police Procedural
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Blue Mumbai Thriller #2 A ritual murder at a Mumbai temple exposes the city’s dark secrets and ravages the personal life of a detective in this sequel to The Blue Bar. Amid incessant rains pounding down on Mumbai, Senior...

The Color of Our Sky

The Color of Our Sky
  • Author(s): Amita Trasi
  • Location(s): Mumbai (Bombay)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): early 2000s

In the spirit of Khaled Hosseini, Nadia Hashimi and Shilpi Somaya Gowda comes this powerful debut from a talented new voice a sweeping, emotional journey of two childhood friends in Mumbai, India, whose lives converge only to change forever...

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