Murder in Moonlit Square
By (Author) Paul Waters
Bedford Square Publishers
Bedford Square Publishers
2nd October 2025
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Hardback
320
Width 159mm, Height 238mm
'Takes us to the colour and crowds of modern Delhi, in pursuit of a killer. A charming start to a vibrant new mystery series' Vaseem Khan
When semi-retired Irish nun Sister Agatha Murphy meets Avtar Mehta round the back of his historic Delhi hotel, they form an instant bond over a sneaky smoke and good gossip. Then a street robbery outside the hotel, a dead body inside it, and the disappearance of a pilgrim guest bring the local police to the hotel, determined to close their cases quickly, and with them the Delhi Haveli Hotel.
Sister Agatha Murphy and Avtar Mehta must race to stay one step ahead of the police, the Indian secret service and a hidden killer - as well as keeping their sense of humour through a terrorism scare in the run up to Christmas on the colourful streets of old Delhi.
Paul fell in love with India when he fell in love with his wife. Hes from Belfast. She's from Delhi. Hed already set his first book, a thriller called Blackwatertown, in Ireland, so she suggested he set his next one in India because theyre there so much. Paul has been a night club cook in New York, he made Pel his dinner, smuggled a satellite dish into Cuba, was an award-winning BBC journalist, co-hosts the Wed Like A Word books and authors podcast, and is co-organiser of the Chiltern Kills crime festival and the Khushwant Singh LitFest London.