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Remember Death

Remember Death
  • Author(s): Ankush Saikia
  • Location(s): Mumbai (Bombay), Delhi, Luknow, Manali
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Detective Arjun Arora is summoned to Mumbai to track down an airhostess who has allegedly killed a bar dancer and vanished with a large sum of money. The search for Agnes Pereira leads Arjun on a nationwide hunt. But...

Sunbirds

Sunbirds
  • Author(s): Penelope Slocombe
  • Location(s): Indian Himalayan Region, Manali
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): Turn 21st Century

In 1997 Anne’s eighteen-year-old son Torran walked out of his hotel in the notorious Himalayan town of Manali – and disappeared. Seven years later Anne is still searching, haunted by the idea that someone must know something, following every...

The Dalai Lama’s Cat

The Dalai Lama’s Cat
  • Author(s): David Michie
  • Location(s): Dharamshala
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Not so much fly-on-the-wall as cat-on-the-sill, this is the warm-hearted tale of a small kitten rescued from the slums of New Delhi who finds herself in a beautiful sanctuary with sweeping views of the snow-capped Himalayas. In her exotic...

The Hill Station

The Hill Station
  • Author(s): J G Farrell
  • Location(s): Shimla (Simla)
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): First half 20th Century

A classic novel by a Booker Prize-winning author To the cool of the Simla hills comes a reluctant Dr McNab, with his wife and young niece. For Emily, romance is in the air. For the mysterious Mrs Forester, there...

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