"When clever, headstrong Kaveri moves to Bangalore to marry handsome young doctor Ramu, she's resigned herself to a quiet life. But that all changes the night of the party at the Century Club, where she escapes to the garden for some peace and quiet--and instead spots an uninvited guest in the shadows. Half an hour later, the party turns into a murder scene. When a vulnerable woman is connected to the crime, Kaveri becomes determined to save her and...

"In Bangalore, 1922, pregnant Kaveri investigates an elderly woman's death, but when one murder turns to two and then three, Kaveri, assisted by milk boy Venu and housemaid Anandi in Bangalore and husband Ramu and Inspector Ismail in Coorg, must expose abrutally intelligent killer"-- Provided by publisher.