Dead Meat

A body recovered from a tandoor oven. A young accountant missing with a suitcase full of cash. A city in the heady grip of T20 fever. Private eye Arjun Arora works the streets of Delhi, dealing with the shady underbelly of the capital city. Hired to track down a missing person, Arjun stumbles upon a gruesome murder where the suspects seem to be linked to something larger and more sinister. Part noir thriller and part detective story, Dead Meat introduces us to an unforgettable character—Arjun Arora, a man with a bad marriage, a drinking habit, and a troubled past—who takes us on a dark and dangerous journey through the grime of today’s urban India. About the Author: Ankush Saikia was born in Tezpur, Assam, in 1975. He grew up in Madison, Wisconsin, Assam, and Shillong, Meghalaya. He has worked in journalism and publishing in New Delhi for over a decade and was shortlisted for the Outlook-Picador India non-fiction writing award (2005). He is the author of two previous novels, Jet City Woman (2007) and The Girl from Nongrim Hills (2013), and is currently based in Shillong and Tezpur.