Chattopadhyay and Barua are just two of the many Indians who have turned, of late, to writing crime thrillers in English. Steady readershipStrangely, despite this rush of Indian crime novels, their readership hasn't surged significantly. But now every publisher has a crime list with corporate biggies and journalists turning authors with spy sagas, serial killings and whodunits. Besides, he says, he's "always been a great follower of crime (fiction), and not just in English. Hazra has a different explanation: Crime fiction, in her view, is one of the most exciting, challenging and daunting genres to pull off.

Source: dna July 10, 2016 02:46 UTC