Bhendi Bazaar
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1982. Three teenage girls planning a flight from the Soviet Union to the West end up being sold in Mumbaiâs red-light area instead.
The murders start a quarter of a century later.
The victims are all men. All of them tricks, waiting for trysts with high-class escorts. DCP Rita Ferreira is quick to recognize the serial-killer strain; the media isnât far behind. The news sends shockwaves through the city. The first serial killer in living memory of Mumbai is out on the streets.
As Rita grapples to establish the killerâs pattern through Bhendi Bazaar, the killer gives her twenty-four hours to stop the next murder.
Can she do that before she becomes the next victim?
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Vish Dhamija is a British Indian crime-fiction writer who lives in the United Kingdom. According to the Indian press he is âIndiaâs best page-turnerâ and one of the ten most popular Indian thriller authors. Dhamija grew up in Ajmer, India, where he studied at St. Anselmâs School, Ajmer, and earned his B.Com from Government College, Ajmer. After a few years of corporate life, he left India to attend Manchester Business School, UK. He lives with his wife in London.
Fluent in Hindi, Urdu, and English, Deepti Gupta has an international career spread across India, Singapore, Pakistan, and the United States. As a narrator she brings an open and curious perspective to the author's work. Her natural global/international accent makes her a great choice for an author who is writing to appeal to a global readership/listenership. As an actress she has earned praise from the New York Times for her performance in the feature film Walkaway, and also stars in Record/Play (a sci-fi love story) which was an official selection at Sundance 2013. She earned her MFA in acting from the University of Texas at Austin, an MA in theater studies from the National University of Singapore, and BA in English literature from Delhi University. Besides working as an actress and voice talent, she also works as a consultant with corporate firms and businesses to help expand and deepen their diversity and inclusion strategies.
