Necropolis: A New Delhi Crime Novel

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Necropolis is a gorgeously written and tightly plotted mystery novel that brings the city of Delhi alive, in ways both enchanting and provocative. The novel follows Sajan Dayal, a detective in pursuit of a serial (though nonlethal) collector of fingers. Dayal's team encounters would-be vampires and werewolves, and a woman named Razia who may or may not be centuries old. Guided by Singh's gorgeous and masterful writing, the novel peels back layers of a Delhi in thrall to its past, hostage to its present and bitterly divided as to its future.

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Avtar Singh is the author of The Beauty of These Present Things. He has worked as a magazine editor in Mumbai and Delhi. He lives in Delhi with his wife, son, and singing dog.