Now Available: The Third Squad

Now Available: The Third Squad, by V. Sanjay Kumar.

Avtar Singh: On Writing Necropolis

To celebrate the release of Necropolis — a new crime novel by Avtar Singh — we’re pleased to feature a statement from the author on the integral role the city of Delhi plays in the book.

“A Monday in Rishikesh” by William J. Jackson

I never relaxed during the week I spent in Rishikesh . . .

“You Will Be Punished By Your Anger” by Cecilia Fulton

Laure always believed she would die young, a murder victim. At 40, she had assumed time for the killing had run out. Yet here she was, kneeling on gravel in the middle of the night, about to die in the high-altitude plains of Ladakh . . .

“Aziz’s Story of the Journalist Nazir ” by William J. Jackson

When an open window suddenly slams shut, it shocks me . . .

“Undone” by Michelle Sacks

It was full of backpackers, Udaipur: dreadlocked, slightly malodorous waifs and strays from the Western world, decked out in worn sandals and ill-fitting local garb, gathered from their travels around Asia . . .

“Justice” by Riaz Mulla (from Mumbai Noir)

“The court will now pronounce its verdict,” the judge remarked plainly, as if he was going to read out the evening news.

Asghar Khan stood up in the witness box with the anticipation of a man in that twilight zone of hope when the decision has been made but not yet announced . . .