Murder Under a Red Moon: A 1920s Bangalore Mystery -- Harini Nagendra, Hardcover

The latest novel in the acclaimed Bangalore Detectives Club series finds amateur sleuth Kaveri Murthy uncovering a new murder during the blood moon eclipse.

When new bride Kaveri Murthy reluctantly agrees to investigate a minor crime to please her domineering mother-in-law--during the blood moon eclipse, no less--she doesn't expect, once again, to stumble upon a murder.

With anti-British sentiment on the rise, a charismatic religious leader growing in influence, and the fight for women's suffrage gaining steam, Bangalore is turning out to be a far more dangerous and treacherous place than Kaveri ever imagined--and everyone's motives are suspect.

Together with the Bangalore Detectives Club--a mixed bag of street urchins, nosy neighbours, an ex-prostitute, and a policeman's wife-- Kaveri once again sleuths in her sari and hunts for clues in her beloved 1920s Ford.

But when her life is suddenly put in danger, Kaveri realizes that she might be getting uncomfortably close to the truth. So she must now draw on her wits and find the killer . . . before they find her.

Author: Harini Nagendra
Publisher: Pegasus Crime
Published: 03/28/2023
Pages: 300
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 9.06h x 5.98w x 1.26d
ISBN: 9781639363704

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/23/2023
Booklist 02/15/2023 pg. 25
Library Journal 03/10/2023 pg. 1

About the Author
Harini Nagendra, the author of The Bangalore Detectives Club, is a Professor of Sustainability at Azim Premji University, Bangalore, India, and She received an Elinor Ostrom Senior Scholar Award and a Cozzarelli Prize with Elinor Ostrom from the Proceedings of the US National Academy of Sciences for research on sustainability. She lives in Bangalore.