Winner of the 'Unhanged Arthur', the 2017 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Unpublished Crime Novel, awarded by Crime Writers of Canada.

Superintendent Anupam Gupta of the Indian Police Service, gliding gently towards retirement, is dragged back to the street to investigate the brutal murder of Sanjay Kumar, scion of Rajku, one of india's powerful new tech conglomerates.

Gupta finds Rajku’s best and brightest coders, lured by the promise of riches, are using their computer knowledge to solve a centuries-old mystery.

It is a privilege these young programmers are dying for.

As the body count rises in London and Hyderabad, across continents and centuries, the race is on to find an ancient treasure lost in the tumult of one of India's most turbulent periods.

"… A complex, satisfying page-turner.... lyrical... a world the reader can believe in... a remarkable book."  - The Arthur Ellis Award Judges