A solitary bone surfaces in a garden. Strange, yes, but not to be dwelt on for long. However, things turn curious when a dying gigolo whispers the address of the house with the same garden in terror, and curiouser when the gardener there digs out a mummified finger with a chic manicure.
These could still have been ignored if there hadn’t been a child at the heart of the matter.
As Lalli investigates the hidden secrets this garden has to offer, she unearths a gruesome tale.
Kalpana Swaminathan lives in Mumbai. Since Cryptic Death (1997), Lalli has appeared in nine novels, the most recent being The Kala Ghoda Affair (2023). Kalpana’s other novels are Ambrosia for Afters, Bougainvillea House and Venus Crossing, which won the Crossword Fiction Award in 2009.
Kalpana writes with Ishrat Syed as Kalpish Ratna. Their most recent work of non-fiction is Gastronama: The Indian Guide to Eating Right (2023).
A solitary bone surfaces in a garden. Strange, yes, but not to be dwelt on for long. However, things turn curious when a dying gigolo whispers the address of the house with the same garden in terror, and curiouser when the gardener there digs out a mummified finger with a chic manicure.
These could still have been ignored if there hadn’t been a child at the heart of the matter.
As Lalli investigates the hidden secrets this garden has to offer, she unearths a gruesome tale.
Kalpana Swaminathan lives in Mumbai. Since Cryptic Death (1997), Lalli has appeared in nine novels, the most recent being The Kala Ghoda Affair (2023). Kalpana’s other novels are Ambrosia for Afters, Bougainvillea House and Venus Crossing, which won the Crossword Fiction Award in 2009.
Kalpana writes with Ishrat Syed as Kalpish Ratna. Their most recent work of non-fiction is Gastronama: The Indian Guide to Eating Right (2023).
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