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‘Glamorous, gripping, absolutely heaps of fun’ LUCY FOLEY
‘Crisp as a gin and tonic and delightfully wicked’ KEVIN KWAN
‘An old-fashioned mystery in the model of Agatha Christie’ VOGUE, Best Book of 2024
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Murder. It’s terrible for your karma. Even worse for your holiday.

Ro Krishna has just arrived at Samsara, a world-class hotel-spa nestled in the Indian Himalayas. With his charm and Oxford education, he had it all – well, until he left his job under mysterious circumstances. At Samsara, he can relax and enjoy the hotel’s various health and wellness treatments, as well as a sparkling dose of mysticism.

Until one of the guests is found dead. As everyone scrambles to figure out what happened, Ro is pulled into an investigation that endangers them all. Because it turns out that it’s not just heiresses and Bollywood stars who have checked in – there’s a murderer in their midst . . .
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READERS ARE LOVING DEATH IN THE AIR

‘Spellbinding’
‘Excellently paced, wonderful twists’
‘I LOVED THIS’
‘Hard to put down’
‘Will leave you guessing until the very end’

Publisher Review

An old-fashioned mystery in the model of Agatha Christie… A frothy, fun, truly escapist read – offering perspective on a certain echelon that feels both hyperbolic and cuttingly real at the same time * Vogue, Best Books of 2024 * Unexpected delights await on every page of Ram Murali’s impressive and captivating debut. Crisp as a gin and tonic and delightfully wicked, this smart, smart novel delivers a sophisticated, subversive murder mystery set in the highest stratosphere of the international idle rich. I had to force myself not to binge it in one night so I could savor it like the rare and exquisite meal that it is. * Kevin Kwan, bestselling author of CRAZY RICH ASIANS * Glamorous, gripping, absolutely heaps of fun. I loved this. * Lucy Foley, bestselling author of THE PARIS APARTMENT and THE GUEST LIST * A romp of a whodunit, poking fun at the uber wealthy whilst calmly meditating on both the horror of Partition and identity in a globalized world. I rattled through it. Ro is a very charming lead character indeed! * Charlotte Vassell, author of THE OTHER HALF * A stunning, sophisticated, scalpel-sharp murder mystery. Powerful, fun and hugely rewarding. Immensely impressive. * Chris Whitaker, author of WE BEGIN AT THE END * Twisty and absorbing, Death in the Air is a knockout mystery with a dry, dark humour all its own. It has endless glamour in the old sense of the word: as a sinister enchantment, casting a spell. * Flynn Berry, author of NORTHERN SPY * Convincingly captures the milieu of the uber rich, a world in which consequences only exist on a sliding scale, depending on who you know and how much you can pay… Fizzes with ambition, managing to be both showy and subversive… a fun, thought-provoking book – a commentary on greed, cultural appropriation and the peculiar malaise of the wealthy – a daring debut. * Nii Ayikwei Parkes, author of AZUCAR and TAIL OF THE BLUE BIRD * A warm broth of Golden Age mystery (both Agatha Christie and Richard Osman would be proud)… Evocative, provocative, and very, very fun * AJ Finn, author of END OF STORY *