Desimystery Stories

In Chandni Chowk, every recipe has a secret-and every secret has a price. When a legendary jalebi-maker is found murdered in the heart of Old Delhi, Inspector Ishaan "Ishu" Mukherjee is sent into the deliciously chaotic labyrinth of Chandni Chowk His first clue? A jalebi twisted into a cryptic message. His suspects? Seven ancient culinary families, each guarding a secret. His problem? Everyone is lying. As more bodies appear-beside sizzling kebabs, inside spice warehouses and around steaming pots of nihari-Delhi's most treasured food traditions become the centre of a deadly conspiracy. At the heart of the mystery lies a lost cookbook, thirteen supposedly priceless recipes, and a centuries-old secret involving the families who built their fortunes on stolen culinary legacies. But Ishu is not your ordinary detective. He reads people by the way they eat. He knows a liar by how they fold a paratha. He spots a murderer by what they leave behind on their plate. And he is absolutely convinced that the truth, much like a jalebi, is never straight. With a sharp-tongued food journalist, feuding halwai dynasties, mysterious havelis, secret recipes, baffling murders and a detective who may be more unpredictable than the killer- Old Delhi has never tasted this dangerous. Because sometimes the deadliest ingredient isn't poison. It's a secret. This one has been simmering for centuries.