The Masala Murder-------pan macmillan
Reema Ray, private investigator and food writer.
She didn’t set out to become Calcutta’s expert in infidelity cases, but
that is where her detective agency has taken her. When the deceit gets
too much, she finds a welcome distraction – and a means to pay the bills
– by becoming a food critic for a magazine. And since she once dreamed
of becoming a pastry chef, she doesn’t mind much, does she? But what
really turns her on is solving a juicy mystery.
Her worlds collide when a gourmet provisions supplier she had once
profiled ends up dead under suspicious circumstances. She might be
rusty, but her food-obscured nose can still sniff out a murder, and she
decides to launch her own investigation. Then her ex-boyfriend shows up
at her doorstep when he finds himself being treated as prime suspect in
the kidnapping of his own wife! Suddenly, Reema is handling not one but
two cases. With no access to official evidence, she relies on the
meddling group of do-gooders she has dubbed the Calcutta Crime-Fighter’s
Club. If all this wasn’t trouble enough, the alluring Shayak Gupta
turns up around every corner, and while she can’t seem to resist him,
she doesn’t believe a word he says either.
This first Reema Ray mystery follows a comical ride through Calcutta –
as Reema comes to terms with her feelings about the men in her life
while whipping up delicious meals and being beset by criminals and the
police alike!