THE JALEBI MURDERS

In Barwaha Kalan, everyone knows Babulal Halwai.

He makes the town's most irresistible jalebis, guards a legendary secret recipe, and knows everyone's business.

Then one evening, Babulal is found dead in his own sweet shop—face down in a bubbling kadhai of jalebis.

The police call it murder.

But who would kill a beloved sweet-maker?

Sunita Joshi, bookseller, jalebi seller, and reluctant amateur detective, soon discovers that Babulal had plenty of enemies. A missing diary, a bitter almond, a disputed piece of land, a mysterious Pipal tree, forged government records, and a recipe worth a fortune all point toward a secret far bigger than a sweet shop.

Then there is another murder.

As Sunita digs deeper, the town's respectable faces begin to crack. Everyone has something to hide—and some secrets are worth killing for.

With a sharp-eyed schoolgirl, an overworked police officer, a corrupt official, a rival halwai, and one very suspicious measuring tape, The Jalebi Murders is a darkly comic cozy mystery about greed, family, secrets, and the dangerously complicated business of making the perfect jalebi.

In Barwaha Kalan, sweetness can be deadly.