The River Palace Murder

A locked room. A vanished body. A killer hiding in plain sight.

When a guest aboard the River Palace — a vintage steamer cruising the Narmada River — is found dead behind a locked cabin door, the case seems impossible. The door was bolted from the inside. The windows sealed. And by the time help arrives, the body is gone.

Detective Arjunsinh Rathore, drawn into the mystery mid-voyage, must investigate a closed circle of passengers, each with a hidden motive. As ghostly rumors swirl and buried secrets rise to the surface, Rathore begins to suspect that the murder is more than it appears.

Because the victim may not be who everyone thinks. And the killer may not have acted alone.

For fans of: Agatha Christie and fair-play detective fiction — misdirection, red herrings, and a final twist that will leave you breathless.