ABOUT THE BOOK:
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 colonial mansion that has
played host to several sudden
deaths, and now 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.
Into this tinderbox, he brings Harith
Athreya, a seasoned investigator.
When a landslide occurs,
temporarilyisolating them and resulting in a
murder, Athreya finds that death is not
the only thing the mist conceals.A haunted manor. A dead body. A house full of suspects.24 | STORIZEN MAGAZINE JULY 2019HOT OFF THE PRESSSTORIZENEVENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
R.V. Raman has led KPMG’s
Consulting Practice, and was a
Partner with A.T. Kearney and Arthur
Andersen. After a corporate career
spanning three decades and four
continents, R. V. Raman moved away
from full time roles. He now teaches
business strategy at an IIM, mentor
young entrepreneurs, advises select
clients and writes. He’s the author of
Fraudster, Insider and Saboteur
(Hachette) – a series about white-
collar crime in corporate India. He
lives in Chennai.