A Will to Kill

Author: RV Rman
Publisher: HarperCollins India
(ISBN-13: 978-9353570781, Rs 399)

A thrilling murder mystery! The plot is rich and detailed, yet it is fast moving.

An ageing and wheelchair-bound Bhaskar Fernandez has finally reclaimed his family property after a bitter legal battle, and now wants to reunite his aggrieved relatives. So, he invites them to his remote Greybrooke Manor in the misty Nilgiris – a mansion that has played host to several sudden deaths; a colonial edifice that stands alone in a valley that is said to be haunted by the ghost of an Englishman. But Bhaskar has other, more practical problems to deal with. He knows that his guests expect to gain by his death, and to safeguard himself against violence, he writes two conflicting wills. Which one of them comes into force will depend on how he dies. An excellent novel for those who like crime fiction!

– Vasu V