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Blogmas Day- 13: Offbeat (Hatke) Mystery Books

 Hello, hello,

Hope you guys are having a lovely Sunday! 

Today, I wanted to share some offbeat/ hatke mystery authors and their books with you. If you don't like the classic murder mystery/ crime thriller genre or you do not enjoy the very detailed Nordic crime thrillers, then these offbeat authors and their books are what you should read. 

Let's get into it, then! 


1. Abir Mukherjee's Sam Wyndham Series 



Set in British India, starting in the early 1920s, these books follow the journey of Detective Sam Wyndham, who works for the British Police in Calcutta. Each of these books shows a different side of life in British India- the gritty drug dens of Tangra (Calcutta's Chinatown) to a royal family in Orissa to an ashram in Assam. If you enjoy history and want to read a series of well research mystery books set in British India, then this is the series you need to get to! Start with A Rising Man- here is the link to our review


2. MJ Carter's Blake and Avery Series 



Set in British India and England in the early 19th century, two officers of the East India Company solve a series of grisly murders. These books are well written and really well researched. Again, lovers of historical fiction + murder mysteries will enjoy these books. Our reviews for The Strangler Vine and The Printer's Coffin are linked.  


3. Subarna Chatterjee's All Bengali Crime Detectives 


Four retired old Bengali men from Calcutta find themselves in the midst of a mystery and then go right ahead to solve it. There are two books in this series are both are quite decent. Our Boomer protagonists are really cute and fun and their approach to solving murders is based off their life experience. Our reviews are linked for The All Bengali Crime Detectives and The Mysterious Death of Probhat Sanyal   


4. Anthony Horowitz's Susan Ryeland Series 



A book editor solving murders! A fictitious detective! A book in a book! Do you need any more reasons to pick up this series?! 

Here are the links to our reviews of both books- Magpie Murders and Moonflower Murders


5. The Pushkin Vertigo Japanese Thrillers 




If you are a fan of the Golden Age of crime fiction and enjoy genre favourites such as locked room mysteries then these titles are a must read for you! 

So far, I've read and quite enjoyed The Honjin Murders and I've just bought The Decagon House Murders, which I can't wait to read! 


6. Sujata Massey's Parveen Mistry Series


Parveen Mistry is a young Parsi woman with a lot of hurt and pain in her past. However, she overcomes that to become British India's first female barrister! Somehow, whilst protecting the interests of her clients, she stumbles upon a murder and then goes about to solve it! 

Fans of historical fiction will enjoy these books, which are set in British India and focus on the lives of the privileged (wealthy and royal families) and of the Parsi community, which are interesting to read about. 

Link to our reviews- A Murder on Malabar Hill and The Satapura Moonstone

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