Death on Diagonal Lane - A Dark Comedy
My latest comedy novel "Death on Diagonal Lane" has been published by Hachette India: The Book's Page on the Hachette India Website: https://www.hachetteindia.com/Home/bookdetails/Info/9789391028572/death-on-diagonal-lane Blurb: A Dark Comedy Wrapped in A Detective Novel Diagonal Lane is thrown into turmoil when old Mr. Reddy is found dead in suspicious circumstances. Friendly neighbor Mr. Murthy attempts to keep the police out of it. Friendly neighbor Mr. Shetty bungles it up, and the police do get involved. The police officer who lands up to investigate turns out to be Mr. Murthy’s old school chum: Sub Inspector Rathindranath (Ratty) Gowda. A stroke of good fortune? Not really. You see, Ratty is a sub inspector on the make, one who itches to get the sub off his title and his name in the yellow headlines. He proceeds to put the denizens of Diagonal Lane through the wringer. It takes all of Mr. Murthy’s tact and diplomacy to prevent his childhood chum from putting beh...
