PRIVATE INDIA

When Santosh Wagh isn't struggling out of a bottle of whisky, he's head of Private India, the Mumbai branch of the world's finest investigation agency. In a city of over 13 million he has his work cut out at the best of times, but now someone is killing seemingly unconnected people, strangled in a chilling ritual, with strange objects placed carefully at their death scenes. As Santosh and his team race to find the killer, an even greater danger faces Private India that could threaten the lives of thousands of innocent Mumbai citizens. 473pp, paperback.