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Murder in Amaravati

Padmavati, the village hostess's body is found in a sacred chamber of the Kali temple. Men wanted her; women hated her; while some men wanted to keep their liaisons hidden.

But who had the motive, the means and opportunity to kill her?

Padmavati charged by the hour — her laughs, her understanding, her empathy, her advice — everything was available only in return for payment, which made her,in the Sarpanch's eyes, a little more than a trader.

'Look,' the priest Krishna Shastri said, pointing to the letters around him . 'Satyam, Shekhar, Seetaramaiah — how many men did she have in her grasp? How many? '

The onus of solving the case puts head constable Venkat reddy in a quandary. He has never even solved petty crimes and here he is faced with murder!

If this were a novel, the constable thought vacantly, would the reader think of him as a worthy detective? Would anyone bother reading about a bungling, confused constable pretending to be a detective? The equation before him is simple; seven suspects,seven motives, one murder.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 209
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9789381506103
  • Genres
  • crime
  • Release date
  • 2012