Praying Mantis

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ISOLATIONHarith Athreya is taking a well-earned break at a boutique hotel in the Himalayan foothills. But his holiday is swiftly cut short when mysterious bloody handprints start appearing on the walls around the resort.INCRIMINATIONWhen a woman then falls to her death, chaos and confusion reigns. The hotelier is convinced that the key to the case rests with four other young people who checked in at the same time as the victim, all pretending for some reason not to know each other.INTRIGUEDid one of these guests have something to do with it Harith Athreya must get to the bottom of the case before the murderer strikes again...

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'*** - PRAISE FOR THE HARITH ATHREYA SERIES' - ***

'RV Raman's hugely engaging novel A Will to Kill is set in modern-day India, but its origins lie in the golden age of crime fiction. . . Raman makes the most of his version of a locked-room mystery, endowing Athreya with an omniscience rarely seen in today's jaded detectives' - Sunday Times

'[A Will to Kill is] a slice of sheer pleasure: a locked-room mystery that blends the feel of classic crime with the modern world, while presenting a proper, thorny puzzle' - Observer

'Like stepping back to the Golden Age of the classic mystery' - Rhys Bowen, the international bestselling author of THE TUSCAN CHILD

'I love RV Raman's Harith Athreya with his cool, curious resourcefulness' - Ovidia Yu, author of CWA-shortlisted THE MIMOSA TREE MYSTERY

Author Bio

Following a corporate career spanning three decades and four continents, RV RAMAN now lectures on management, mentors young entrepreneurs, serves as an independent director on company boards, and writes. He has written two previous books in the Harith Athreya series, A Will to Kill and Grave Intentions, both of which are available from Pushkin Press. RV Raman lives in Chennai.www.rvraman.com