Chain of Custody

  “I loved this book and was constantly gripped. Anita Nair’s writing in some moments has photographic qualities, in others the precision of surgeon’s scalpel; and always the great inner warmth of the human heart. Truly astounding writing.”

  Peter James, author of Dead Simple and Looking Good Dead

  ‘Anita Nair is a feminist and highly regarded Indian novelist. A Cut-Like Wound is as startling a debut crime novel as you are likely to read this year”

  Sunday Times

  “Nair captures the seedy side of shiny new India vividly, and Inspector Gowda – with his weary self-knowledge; his secret, wistfully aspirational biker tattoo; his stagnating marriage and his confusion when an old flame re-enters his life – is a welcome addition to the ranks of flawed-but-lovable fictional cops.”

  Guardian

  “Nair immerses her readers in Bangalore’s alluring and sinister mélange of Hindu and Moslem cultures, revealing a people afflicted by the inability to allow unqualified praise for anything or anyone. Complex, psychologically deep characters are a plus.”

  Publishers Weekly

  ISBN 978 1908524 362

  Crime Paperback Original

  eBook ISBN 978 1908524 379

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