Genre: Mystery

This book should, by all rights, be called The John Watson Connection—but more on that later! Even though neither Watson nor Sherlock Holmes figures in the four stories that comprise this collection, the Sherlockian tradition of solving the impossible is very much alive in it. The stories, two each from […]

The Sherlock Holmes Connection – Martin Widmark, Anushka Ravishankar, Katarina ...

Worth a read Middle Grade Mystery by Payal Dhar

I remember reading an article (circa ~1975) in “The Illustrated Weekly of India” (or was it the magazine section of the Indian Express?), by one Prof P N Oak. The essence of the article was to claim that the Taj Mahal was not the tomb of Mumtaj Mahal, but was […]

The Taj Conspiracy – Manreet Sodhi Someshwar

Must-Read Mystery Thriller by OO

Akbar and the Tricky Traitor - Natasha Sharma — Finally, I laid my hands on the first in the History Mystery series written by Natasha Sharma. After reviewing Raja Raja and the Swapped Sacks, Ashoka and the Muddled Messages and Razia and the Pesky Presents in the series, I was curious to read the first one as well, so as to have the satisfaction […]

Akbar and the Tricky Traitor – Natasha Sharma

Must-Read Children History Humour Mystery by Menaka S

Razia and the Pesky Presents – Natasha Sharma — The latest in the History Mystery series of Duckbill books written by Natasha Sharma is Razia and the Pesky Presents. After reviewing Raja Raja and the Swapped Sacks and Ashoka and the Muddled Messages by the same author, I was only too eager to read another in the series. (N.B. […]

Razia and the Pesky Presents – Natasha Sharma

Must-Read Children History Humour Mystery by Menaka S

Ashwathy and the Boot of God – Sowmya Rajendran — This book was gifted to me by Uncle OO. Till then I didn’t know about this book. It is a fast-paced, gripping mystery book that I finished in one sitting. Ashwathy, a fourteen year old girl, who lives in Kuttipuram, Kerala loves mysteries. She watches all English movies and would […]

Ashwathy and the Boot of God – Sowmya Rajendran

Worth a read Children General Fiction Mystery by Sahana Muralikrishnan

The Deadly Royal Recipe – Ranjit Lal — The Deadly Royal Recipe by Ranjit Lal attracts a casual observer with its attractive cover – where a “recipe” is presented as a comic strip. When the book came in, my 11-year old picked it up (before I could) and finished it in a single sitting. I could see the […]

The Deadly Royal Recipe – Ranjit Lal

Must-Read Adventure Children Mystery by Menaka S

The Case of the Candy Bandit – Archit Taneja — Archit Taneja’s “The Case of the Candy Bandit” is the story of the Bandit who steals the Candies or other small treats. Rachita and Aarti are the founding members of Superlative Sleuths; they have decreed that any crime committed shall be solved. While the logical thinking Rachita relishes the idea […]

The Case of the Candy Bandit – Archit Taneja

Worth a read Children Humour Mystery by Menaka S

The Secret of Falcon Heights – Ranjit Lal — The Secret of Falcon Heights by Ranjit Lal is an adventure story of two brothers, a kid sister and their dog, when they go to stay with their great aunt Mita Masi, in the remote hill station of Pahadpur. Seventeen year old Sandeep, thirteen year old Manish and seven year […]

The Secret of Falcon Heights – Ranjit Lal

Must-Read Adventure Mystery Young Adult by Menaka S

Ashoka and the Muddled Messages – Natasha Sharma — Ashoka and the Muddled Messages by Natasha Sharma is another book in the History Mystery series. After reviewing Raja Raja and the swapped sacks by the same author, I was only curious to read another in the same series. Emperor Ashoka (304-232 BCE) was the third king of the Maurya […]

Ashoka and the Muddled Messages – Natasha Sharma

Must-Read Children History Humour Mystery by Menaka S

The Mystery of the Silk Umbrella - Asha Nehemiah — Having grown up on a steady diet of Enid Blytons, Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew, I never thought of picking up a novel by an Indian author. I don’t have anything against Indian authors, I have read R. K. Narayan and Ruskin Bond when my dad insisted, but the thought […]

The Mystery of the Silk Umbrella – Asha Nehemiah

Must-Read Children Mystery by Srividya Ganapathy