Two Murders. One Detective. The Dark Side of Pune has never been this lethal.
Dive into a 2-in-1 collection of gritty, noir-style mysteries featuring Detective Karan-a man who walks the line between justice and the abyss.
Book 1: The Left Right Mystery
A battered face. A locked room. A building full of liars. On the third floor of Siddhi Apartments, a woman lies in a pool of blood. Her face has been destroyed with animalistic rage. Was it a burglary gone wrong, or is there a predator living right next door? When Sub-inspector Marathe hits a wall, he calls in the only man who can see the "left-right" of a lie: Karan.
Book 2: The Sacred Shadows
Ancient pews. Cryptic symbols. A conspiracy hidden in plain sight. In the chilling silence of Khadki Church, a routine murder investigation spirals into a gothic nightmare. Alongside his partner Samar, Karan uncovers a network of clandestine connections reaching from moonlit graveyards to the very heart of the faithful. As the line between savior and sinner blurs, a malevolent force emerges from the shadows. Can Karan solve the enigma before the church pews are stained with his own blood?
Perfect for fans of Satyajit Ray's Feluda, Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch, and gritty Indian crime dramas like Sacred Games and Paatal Lok.
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Neeraj Bhople
Neeraj Bhople does not just tell stories; he constructs them. A polymath with a footprint that spans from the high-stakes boardrooms of global technology to the quiet strokes of a painter's canvas, Neeraj brings a rare, multidimensional perspective to the world of crime fiction.
As a celebrated author of both complex technical treatises and gripping detective fiction, Neeraj views a murder as the ultimate "system failure." In his acclaimed Detective Karan series, he explores the intersection of human frailty and cold logic. Through Karan's eyes, readers are invited into a world where every clue is a brushstroke and every motive is a line of code waiting to be decrypted.
When he is not "debugging" the perfect crime on the page, Neeraj is a dedicated bibliophile and a visual artist. This unique synergy-the analytical rigor of a CTO paired with the atmospheric intuition of a painter-gives the Detective Karan novels their signature depth: procedural accuracy wrapped in a richly textured, cinematic world.
Based in Pune, Neeraj continues to bridge the gap between the digital and the dark, proving that whether you are building a global enterprise or a locked-room mystery, the beauty is always in the details.
You can contact him on neerajbhople@gmail.com.
