Bøger af Marissa de Luna

On the first day of Detective Chupplejeep's lakeside summer holiday, Jackpot, a local boatwalla, is found dead in his craft. The local detective Kumar has dismissed it as a natural death, but Chupplejeep is not convinced. As details of Jackpot's life are slowly exposed, development plans for the lake are revealed and the enigmatic owner of the local yoga retreat is implicated, Chupplejeep is convinced that the boat-keeper's death is not as simple as it appears. Detective Chupplejeep has been warned not to step on Kumar's toes, and besides, he has come to the lake to try and resolve his own problems: His love life is in tatters, and he has recently discovered that his biological parents, presumed dead, are very much alive. He shouldn't get involved with the case, but he cannot turn a blind eye to an obvious injustice. Chupplejeep is determined to bring justice to this idyllic village, risking his career, reputation and personal life, but will he be able to crack the case before he has to leave the lakeside retreat?

In the early hours of November 11th the body of Sandeep Shah is discovered, nestled amongst a pile of coconut husks. Detective Arthur Chupplejeep and Police Officer Pankaj are called to investigate. From their experience this should be a straightforward case, but in a small village like Utol, everybody has something to hide. Suspects soon start coming out of the woodwork. Bala, the pau wallah, has a history with the deceased that he has taken great care to conceal. Then there is Sandeep Shah's lover and her jealous partner. Even the victim's family seem to have a good enough motive to kill. To top it all, the telephone number of local moneylender, Sanjog Viraj, is found tucked under the victim's bed. He looks like a key suspect, but everybody knows Sanjog is more like a Pomfret than a shark. Detective Chupplejeep and Pankaj have their work cut out, sifting through village life, rumour and gossip to get to the truth. But along with solving the case, Detective Chupplejeep has his own problems. His girlfriend, Christabel, is growing impatient with his failure to put a ring on her finger and with his fortieth birthday fast approaching and a recent black mark against his name from the Inspector General of Police, Chupplejeep is having doubts about his professional competence. His dream of being Goa's answer to Poirot is far from becoming a reality. As the mystery of the body deepens, and the pressures at home begin to weigh on the Detective's mind, will Chupplejeep be able to solve the case and return peace to the sleepy village of Utol once again?

As the International Film Festival of India draws to a close, the actress Subrina Basi is found dead in the bath of her hotel room. Subrina appears to have committed suicide, but closer inspection suggests foul play, and Detective Chupplejeep has a long list of suspects. As he delves into the troubled actress's past, a dark secret is unearthed casting a shadow of doubt on the local villagers too. Chupplejeep is under pressure to solve this high-profile case, while his girlfriend Christabel is busy making marriage plans, plans Chupplejeep is not entirely comfortable with. Meanwhile, Officer Pankaj has been given his first mystery to solve - a perilous blackmail case involving a flamboyant artist with something to hide. The duo are working against the clock. Will Chupplejeep and Pankaj crack both cases in time?

A baker's New Year's Eve catering gig on a private island winds up being a countdown to murder . . . Devon's queen of desserts, Shilpa Solanki, has a chance to spend New Year's on a rich man's private island. All she has to do is teach a cooking class and bake an exquisite cake befitting the birthday of a spoiled young heiress. When the birthday girl suddenly collapses like an overdone soufflé, signs point to murder. With family secrets, a looming inheritance, and potential suspects scattered across the island, Shilpa's got her sleuthing work cut out for her. But will she find the killer, have her cake, and be able to eat it, too?

It's an unhappy birthday when murder crashes the party--but luckily, a sleuthing baker is in the mix . . . Shilpa Solanki has settled into life in Otter's Reach, and her cakes are selling like . . . well, hotcakes. When tycoon Roy Arden turns eighty, Shilpa caters the event--but the party's over when it turns out it was Roy's last birthday. Roy's daughter, Caroline, asks Shilpa to investigate, and delving into the Arden family dysfunction provides a surfeit of suspects: the much-younger second wife; the gardener-turned-son-in-law Roy never approved of; the brother he had a strained relationship with. Then Caroline turns up dead, too, and Shilpa has to burn the candle at both ends to find the culprit in this cozy culinary mystery by the author of A Slice of Murder.

A groom-to-be is cut down at his engagement party, and solving the case won't be a piece of cake . . . Shilpa Silanki's talent is making sure that special occasions are accompanied by special cakes, and her first booking after her move to Devon, England-where she's inherited a house in Otter's Reach-is a posh engagement party for Mason Connolly and Harriet Drew. Unfortunately, a knife has been used for something other than cutting the cake. Now Shilpa is working to uncover layers of secrets and scandals in hopes of identifying the killer who permanently parted Mason and Harriet-and before she's done, someone else might get iced . . .

Following her abduction, Maria Shroder wakes up in her own bed unharmed and suffering from hysterical amnesia. Strangely, the book club Maria has joined holds a clue to her disappearance, and she sets out on a journey to uncover the truth ? a truth which is buried in her past.