India, March 24 -- Author : Barun Chanda

Publisher : Rupa, Rs 295

Murder in the Monastery is a traditional, gripping whodunit, which makes for a breezy read that is perfect for a long journey, says KALYANEE RAJAN

A sleepy hill station, a quiet, faraway monastery surrounded by mountains and nestled in breath-taking scenic beauty, a decent-looking couple trying to reawaken their passion away from the bustle of a hectic city, surrounded by several people with intriguing lives and obscure motives, and a sensitive document with an acute incendiary potential - if knit together seamlessly, these would make a perfect recipe for a Bollywood potboiler. An urbane,new-age reader is denied precisely that feeling of fulfilment or a fitting denouemen...