R.V. Raman's Blog

Here an opinion piece on where Indian Noir is today and where it seems to be headed. In addition to my own views, I offer perspectives from a publisher, a filmmaker and a couple of literary agents. Here is the link to CrimeReads article: Quo Vadis, Indian Noir?

“On the surface it is a classic locked-room mystery, but one executed with such grace and style that it never seems old-fashioned or forced. Athreya is a detective to cherish.”

GRAVE INTENTIONS is now available in India at an Indian price. It was published in the US last year as A DIRE ISLE. The UK edition is being distributed in India by Penguin.

Here is the Amazon link. It's available in bookstores as well, and as an ebook.

Happy reading!

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Regular readers of traditional mysteries may hear echoes of Murder in Mesopotamia and The Hound of Baskervilles.

Grave Intentions

My Harith Athreya Mysteries are a series of murder mysteries that are set in different picturesque places in the vast Indian countryside. These remote, scenic places are spots that visitors don’t always go to. Here is a blog post I wrote for Pushkin Press about books that left an impression on my with their settings: […]

A DIRE ISLE, the second Harith Athreya mystery has a real-world setting in Bundelkhand, Central India. It’s a remote spot on the banks of the Betwa River, a stone’s throw from the erstwhile Orchha kingdom. A wedding in the family took me there and supplied me with the setting for this book. Here is how […]

CrimeReads has listed A DIRE ISLE among the 10 novels you should read in December 2021. Here is their review: The second novel in the Harith Athreya series firmly establishes RV Raman as an author on the rise and an impressive force in the world of whodunnits. In A Dire Isle, there’s a mysterious death […]

Here is the first review of the upcoming mystery, A DIRE ISLE. Publishers Weekly review the second Harith Athreya mystery that is set in Orchha in Bundelkhand (Central India). Link: https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-... Raman’s enjoyable sequel to 2020’s A Will to Kill takes private investigator Harith Athreya to an archaeological dig on the banks of the River […]

A WILL TO KILL was reviewed by The New York Times yesterday. Here is the link and the text. Thrillers Spiked With Malice and DreadBy Sarah LyallJan. 15, 2021, 12:22 p.m. ET “There are so many ways to kill,” observes a character in RV Raman’s A WILL TO KILL (Polis, 282 pp., $26), a modern-day […]

Pleased to see A WILL TO KILL listed alongside some real big names as one of the best traditional mysteries of 2020. That too by Crimereads. Here is the link:

Hello, folks in US and Canada! The American edition of A WILL TO KILL is now out. Available both online and offline. Please support in any way you can. Thanks. Please share! Here is the link: https://www.amazon.com/Will-Kill-Hari...