Description Lalli, retired policewoman-the sharpest, most intriguing detective in Indian fiction-is at it again. Solving a crime-except that this time, she suspects that she herself may be the murderer. A forgotten piece of music is her only clue. Until a second murder occurs. A man is found bludgeoned to death in the courtyard outside Subbu Bhagavathar's house, with Subbu's son sitting in a blood-soaked veshti...