Murder in Amaravati
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Sharath Komarraju
Amaryllis, 209 pages,R250
Set in the riverine village of Amaravati in Andhra Pradesh, this novel plants the detective genre in Indian village life. Padmavati, a prostitute, is found murdered, her body dumped in the Kali temple. Men wanted her; women hated her. The onus of solving the case falls on constable Venkat Reddy, a man who has not once managed to crack even a case of petty crime.
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