“Immersive, propulsive, and beautifully written. ~Lisa Gardner, #1 New York Times bestselling suspense novelist

Biswas brings India to life in this tale of a determined detective fighting against his own department’s bureaucracy to catch a twisted serial killer who has spent years mastering his craft. “An intense, visceral thriller that keeps you on the edge of your seat. Could the key to finding Tara and solving these murders be hidden in one of his cold cases? Or will the next body they recover be hers? Past and present blur as Arnav realizes he’s on the trail of a serial killer and that someone wants his investigation buried at any cost. Very little links the murders, except a scattering of blue sequins and a decade’s worth of missing persons reports that correspond with major festivals. Thirteen years later, Tara’s lover, Inspector Arnav Singh Rajput, is still grappling with her disappearance as he faces a horrifying new crisis: on the city’s outskirts, women’s dismembered bodies are being unearthed from shallow graves.

The setup was simple: wear a blue-sequined saree, enter a crowded railway station, and escape from view in less than three minutes. So when a client offered her a life-changing payout to indulge a harmless, if odd, fantasy, she accepted. On the dark streets of Mumbai, the paths of a missing dancer, a serial killer, and an inspector with a haunted past converge in an evocative thriller about lost love and murderous obsession.Īfter years of dancing in Mumbai’s bars, Tara Mondal was desperate for a new start.

The Blue Bar by Damyanti Biswas