NOT A SIMPLE CRIME

When a hunky personal trainer is found asphyxiated to death under an overloaded barbell at the posh Delhi Turf club on the eve of the club elections, it is first thought to be just a freak accident. But soon it becomes clear that one of the members of the DTC – all pickled-in-privilege Dilliwallahs – is a cold-blooded killer.

As the capital bristles with conspiracy theories, ACP Bhavani Singh, a genial, close-to-retirement Crime Branch veteran is appointed to the case. With the assistance of Akash ‘Kashi’ Dogra, hottie crusader for human rights who despises all the club stands for and Bambi Todi, wealthy girlabout-town who loves the place like a second home, Bhavani sets off to solve a crime that seems simple enough on the surface but turns out to have roots as deep as New Delhi’s famous Neem trees.

Anuja Chauhan returns with a bloody good romance set in the pulsating heart of Lutyens’ Delhi.

Club You to Death

Anuja Chauhan 423pp, ~399 Harper Collins