An elite squad detective from the future travels back in time to hunt down a time escapee. Across the city of Tokyo, liquids are turning blue, and elsewhere a Tamil actress is kidnapped. The gruesome murder of an adult industry star spirals into a web of deceit and leads to a bizarre revelation. A journalist races against time to find the missing link between the deaths of a daily soap actress, a classical vocalist and a famous painter. And more... The first-ever anthology of its kind, The Hachette Book of Indian Detective Fiction compiles more than 30 compelling whodunits spread across two volumes. Hybrid, self-reflexive and experimental forms of writing that blur the boundaries between genres, with supernatural mysteries, serial murders and at times absurd crimes jostling for the attention of both amateur and professional detectives in these stories. Red herrings simmered in blood gravy, served up with family feuds, ancient curses, long-haired lady sleuths and many other typical subcontinental chutneys provide a rare feast for the avid reader of crime fiction!

インド探偵小説の真髄を凝縮した本作は、単なる謎解きの枠を超え、時間旅行や超常現象が交錯する万華鏡のような魅力を放っています。亜大陸特有の濃厚な風土感と、実験的で自己言及的な筆致が融合し、読者を未知の迷宮へと誘います。各編に流れるのは、混沌とした社会への鋭い洞察であり、ジャンルの境界を軽やかに飛び越える文学的野心に満ちています。 多様なキャラクターが織りなす人間模様も圧巻です。家族の確執や古代の呪いといった土着的なモチーフが、普遍的な人間の業を浮き彫りにします。知的な遊戯でありながら、心の奥底を揺さぶるこのアンソロジーは、インドの圧倒的な創造性を証明する至高の饗宴。ミステリの概念を根底から覆す、知的興奮に満ちた一冊です。