Chain of Custody (Inspector Gowda): 2 - Softcover

Anita Nair

Softcover

ISBN 10: 190852474X ISBN 13: 9781908524744

Publisher: Bitter Lemon Press, 2016

Synopsis

What does thirteen-year-old Nandita's disappearance have to do with the murder of a well-known lawyer in a gated community? As Gowda investigates, he becomes embroiled in Bangalore s child-trafficking racket. Negotiating insensitive laws, indifferent officials and uncooperative witnesses, he finds himself in a race against time to rescue Nandita from one of the most depraved criminal rings he has ever encountered. Children often pick up by scouts on trains or abducted on the streets of villages are brought to the city. If lucky they are forced into slave-like domestic service or factory work - the boys mostly. The less lucky - the girls, end up in brothels, under heavy and brutal guard.

Gowda's splendid detective skills are tested to their limit in this fast-paced story.

About this title

About the Author

Anita Nair lives in Bangalore and is a prize winning, internationally acclaimed author, playwright, essayist, lecturer and literary personality. Her novel Ladies Coupe, first published ten years ago, is a feminist classic published in thirty languages all over the world. The Daily Telegraph called it 'one of the most important feminist novels to come out of India'. The movie adaptation of her previous book, Lessons in Forgetting, has just won the Indian national award for the best feature film in English language. The Lilac House, another novel, was critically acclaimed.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bitter Lemon Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 190852474X
• ISBN 13: 9781908524744
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 324