Synopsis "Murder at Daisy Apartments"
DescriptionColaba, May 2020; Lockdown, Day 46: Baman Marker, the Chairperson ofDaisy and Lily Apartments, is found poisoned in his home. He dies soon after.The twin apartments are sealed, so the murderer could have only been one ofthe residents.The news shakes fifteen-year-old Nandini Venkat, a devourer of murdermysteries, out of her stupor. After all, didn't she spot a pair of legs climbingup and down the stairs that deadly night... With her not-so-alert twin, Ved, and BFF Shanaya, she begins an investigation.But the Chairperson knew every little dirty detail about every single resident, so the list of suspects is long. Was it Mr Carvalho-Nandini's crush Daniel'sfather-with his shady past? Or Shanaya's mother, Amrita Aunty, who hada running feud with Baman? Or mean old retired principal Lina Almeidawho now makes lethal detox smoothies? Or the old and immobile MrAlimchandani with a long-buried secret?The seemingly listless days of the lockdown, when secrets and tensionsbubbled below the surface, come back to life in this gripping and entertainingwhodunit. With Murder at Daisy Apartments, bestselling author ShabnamMinwalla brings her phenomenal gift for dramatic storytelling to a new genre.
