When clever headstrong Kaveri moves to Bangalore to marry doctor Ramu she's resigned herself to a quiet life. But that all changes the night of the party at the Century Club where she escapes to the garden for some peace - and instead spots an uninvited guest in the shadows. Half an hour later the party turns into a murder scene. When a vulnerable woman is connected to the crime Kaveri becomes determined to save her and launches a private investigation to find the killer. She soon finds that sleuthing in a sari isn't as hard as it seems when you have a talent for maths a head for logic and a doctor for a husband. And she's going to need them all as the case leads her deeper into a hotbed of danger sedition and intrigue in Bangalore's darkest alleyways. . .

Part of the Kaveri and Ramu Mystery series.