A Cut-Like Wound (The Inspector Gowda Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.76 (745 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1908524367 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 365 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-01 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
A young man begins to dress: makeup, a sari, and expensive pearl earrings. More corpses and Urmila, Gowda's ex-flame, are added to this spicy concoction of a mystery novel.Most intriguing is the grim world of Bhuvana. "Nair writes big, brave descriptions of one brutal murder after the next, relentlessly describing each death even as sub-inspector Santosh loses his breakfast over them."—Time OutIt's the first day of Ramadan in heat-soaked Bangalore. She is a hijra, a transgender seeking love in the bazaars of the city.What Bhuvana wants, she nearly gets: a passing man is attracted to this elusive young woman—but someone points out that Bhuvana is no woman. Her novel Ladies Coupe, published in the United States by St. Martin's Press, is a feminist classic which has been translated in thirty languages all over the world. Some mysteries remain till almost the end, for instance Bhuvana's connection with the wealthy, corrupt Corp
Anita Nair's writing in some moments has photographic qualities, in others the precision of surgeon's scalpel; and always the great inner warmth of the human heart. Here’s a character who can do all the things I can’t. Truly astounding writing."- Peter James, author of 'Dead Simple' and 'Looking Good Dead'This is not just a story of another smart cop on the trail of another serial killer. In Cut Like Wound, the penny hits you on your head like a golf ball.” Time Out’Once I’ve created
Dressed to Kill Sandy Harcourt A new city for Bitter Lemon Press - Bangalore. New sights, new sounds, new spicy foods.A spicy murder mystery it is too. Eunuchs, homosexuals, cross-dressing, and a serial killer with an ingenious modus operandi. The protagonist? Detective fiction offers two types, it seems. The coldly efficient intellectual, or the gruff, disobedient, often drunk, loner. Inspector Borei Gowda is the latter, helped by his worshipping sidekick, SI Santosh. Anita Nair th. Nanckauf said A who-done-it that meanders. I ordinarily don't read mysteries or cops&robber books, but my book club chose this one. In the beginning I felt obliged to note every detail so that I could keep on top of an unfolding mystery. Alas, we easily learned early on who the killer was, and the suspense shifted to the fate of a novice police investigator who ends up in harms way. To be sure though, there was action suspense to the last page.Another reviewer has noted that the author seems to. Banditry in Bangalore ADAM This is an exciting detective thriller set in Bangalore (India), a city that I visit often.Anita Nair, the author, has packed this story with a wide variety of low-life: murderers, a corrupt politician, his curious henchmen, other gangsters, and a murderer. Her depiction of Bangalore, where she lives, is superb and adds much to the sordid story that she relates. Gowda, the chief protagonist of the story has many personal and professional problems to de