Olejar Books

Meet Vish Puri, India’s most private investigator. Portly, persistent, and unmistakably Punjabi, he cuts a determined swath through modern India’s criminal cases.
Ably assisted by his undercover operatives, Tubelight, Flush and Facecream, he ingeniously combines modern techniques with principles of detection established in India more than two thousand years ago -long before 'that Johnny-come-lately' Sherlock Holmes.
In hot and dusty Delhi, his routine work comes from screening prospective marriage partners. But when lawyer Ajay Kasliwal is accused of killing his maidservant, Puri's resources are properly put to the test. How will he trace the fate of the girl, known only as Mary, in a population of more than one billion? Who is taking pot shots at him and his prize chilli plants? And why is his mother insisting on playing sleuth too, when everyone knows Mummies are not detectives?
The search for Mary takes him to the desert oasis of Jaipur and the remote mines of Jharkhand. From the well-heeled Gymkhana Club to the over-crowded slums, Puri's surprising adventures reveal India in all its complexity.