When new bride Kaveri Murthy reluctantly agrees to investigate a minor crime during the blood moon eclipse to please her domineering mother-in-law she doesn't expect to stumble upon a murder - again. With anti-British sentiments rising a charismatic religious leader growing in influence and the fight for women's suffrage gaining steam Bangalore is turning out to be far more dangerous than Kaveri ever imagined and everyone's motives are suspect. Together with the Bangalore Detectives Club - a mixed bag of people including street urchins nosy neighbours an ex-prostitute and a policeman's wife - Kaveri once again sleuths in her sari and hunts for clues in her beloved 1920s Ford. But when Kaveri's life is put in danger she realizes that she might be getting uncomfortably close to the truth. She must draw on her wits and find the killer - before they find her. . .

Part of the Kaveri and Ramu Mystery series.