Murder in Amaravati

Thank you for the overwhelming response for The Devotion of Suspect X. Here we are with another cracker of a book! We have Sharath Komarraju‘s debut novel, Murder in Amaravati, up for review. Murder in Amaravati – an unpardonable thriller brings to life well-delineated characters, those that one can find in every village. Over all these characters lurks the ghost of Padmavati, the beautiful young woman whose body is found in the sanctum of the Kali Temple. This book is a classic thriller where every character has an alibi, and everyone is a suspect till proved innocent. Simple, lucid language, makes the book a fast read. Interested? Head over to apply.

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Overview of the Book

Padmavati, the village hostess’s body is found in the 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, 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 Seetaraamaiah’s eyes, little more than a trader.

‘Look,’ the priest Krishna Shastri said, pointing to the letters around him. ‘Satyam, Shekhar, Seetaraamaiah – how many men did she have in her grasp? How many?’

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

If this were a novel, the constable Venkat Reddy 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.

Know the Author

Sharath Komarraju is a Bangalore-based IT specialist. On a typical day he spends eight hours testing software and two writing fiction. (He hopes to some day flip that balance.) His short fiction appears in Reading Hour, a print bi-monthly based in India, and also in Pratilipi, an online quarterly. Murder in Amaravati is his first novel. You can read more about the author @ sharathkomarraju.com.

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