A monthly discussion on crime novels featuring sleuths, quirky supporting characters and homey communities. This month's novel, The Bangalore Detectives Club by Harini Nagendra, is set in 1920s Bangalore. Kaveri Murthy has a passion for advanced mathematics and lives a quiet life as the wife of a young doctor. During a party at the Century Club, Kaveri spots an uninvited guest in the shadows. Half an hour later, the party turns into a murder scene. When a vulnerable woman is connected to the crime, Kaveri becomes determined to save her and launches a private investigation to find the killer.