{"title":"Harini Nagendra","description":"Harini Nagendra is a professor of sustainability at Azim Premji University, Bangalore, India. She has received the Elinor Ostrom Senior Scholar Award as well as the Cozzarelli Prize with Elinor Ostrom from the Proceedings of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. The Bangalore Detectives Club, Murder Under a Red Moon, and A Nest of Vipers are the first three novels in her Bangalore Detective Club mystery series, which are all available from Pegasus Crime.","products":[{"product_id":"into-the-leopards-den-a-bangalore-detectives-club-mystery-hardcover","title":"Into the Leopard's Den: A Bangalore Detectives Club Mystery - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmateur detective Kaveri Murthy returns with her most complex case yet: investigating a series of murders that take her from the bungalows of Bangalore to the mist-enshrouded mountains of Coorg.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBangalore, 1922: Pregnant and confined to the house by her protective mother-in-law, Kaveri Murthy has resolved to take a break from detection. But when an elderly woman is murdered at night and dies clutching a photograph of Kaveri while asking for her help--how can she refuse? Missing the assistance of her husband Ramu, who is working in Coorg, Kaveri investigates her new case with her able assistants, milk boy Venu and housemaid Anandi. They find a trail of secrets that lead them to suspect the killer may be in Coorg. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Eager to be reunited with her husband, Kaveri sets off to Coorg to investigate. When she arrives, she encounters a thorny thicket of cases. Why does a ghost leopard prowl the forests at night, terrorizing the plantation workers? And who is trying to kill Colonel Boyd, the Coffee King of Coorg? She finds suspects in every coffee bush and estate--from Boyd's surly plantation manager and security guard to the feuding brothers who own the neighboring plantation--and the many women the Coffee King has pursued and abandoned. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When two vulnerable children appeal for her help, Kaveri is drawn deeper into the case, becoming emotionally involved in finding the killer. Soon, one murder turns into two--and then a few days later into three. Now the killer has tasted blood and needs to be stopped. Racing against time, Kaveri must take on her most complex challenge so far, with the assistance of Anandi and Venu in Bangalore, and with Ramu and Inspector Ismail in Coorg. In this stunning new novel by an acclaimed master of the form, the Bangalore Detectives Club must find and expose a brutally intelligent killer before they strike again.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50102770335967,"sku":"9781639368976","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/MvCJqmG7ts9781639368976.webp?v=1781087326"},{"product_id":"a-nest-of-vipers-a-bangalore-detectives-club-mystery-hardcover","title":"A Nest of Vipers: A Bangalore Detectives Club Mystery - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe latest novel in the award-winning Bangalore Detectives Club series finds amateur sleuth Kaveri Murthy involved in a dangerous plot that endangers the life of the visiting Prince of Wales.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis latest novel in the Bangalore Detectives Club mystery series takes the reader deep into the historical era surrounding the visit by Edward, Prince of Wales, to Bangalore in 1921. When the prince begins a tour of a number of Indian cities, he encounters passionate crowds demanding independence from Britain, with rioting on the streets of Bombay in November 1921. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe mood of the prince's subsequent trip to Bangalore and Mysore in January 1922 appears, at first glance, very different and is made to large, welcoming crowds. But perhaps all is not what it seems to be. While exploring another (seemingly unrelated) crime scene, Kaveri and Ramu become tangled in a complex web of intrigue, getting pulled into a potentially dangerous plan that could endanger the life of the visiting prince. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis new novel also takes us into the world of jadoo--Indian street magic--with sleight-of-hand magicians, snake charmers, and rope tricks. Kaveri and Ramu continue their sleuthing, with help from the Bangalore Detectives Club, amidst the growing rumblings of Indian independence and the backdrop of female emancipation.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50104831770847,"sku":"9781639366149","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/jVgv1v-tEp9781639366149.webp?v=1781111409"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/harini-nagendra.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}