DEVI

DEVI

Prasun Roy

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Editorial:
Repro India Limited
Año de edición:
2023
Materia
Ficción moderna y contemporánea
ISBN:
9789357025737
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Kolkata has dressed up like a bride for the grand festival of Durga Puja. Amidst the festivities, adramatic turn of events unfolds as a fugitive business baron, Durgacharan Mahesh is being extraditedto India from Spain, transiting via Kolkata before reaching Mumbai. Three days before Durgacharan’sarrival, his brother-in-law, Vasudeva Patel, is found murdered, with the word ’DEVI’ written inblood beside the body. This marks the beginning of a series of baffling and brutal crimes coincidingwith each day of Durga Puja. On Maha Chaturthi, a precious jewel-studded conch belonging to a260-year-old Durga idol gets stolen. On the subsequent days, more bodies emerge with a host ofclues, prompting the police commissioner to launch an investigation along with his best men.The victims harbour dark secrets. The clues twist and writhe and refuse to keep still. Meanwhile,the killer observes the investigation, knowing that they can’t be stopped. Mystery intensifies andreaches a crescendo just as the city erupts in joyous fervour and gets ready for Navami and Dashami.How are all the victims linked? What is the strange connection of the murder weapons? Mostimportantly, who is DEVI? The answers lie in this edge-of-your-seat crime thriller that will keepyou guessing right up to the nail-biting, heart-stopping climax!

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