A cozy culinary mystery set in Kathmandu, Nepal! Murder is on the menu inThamel. When a dead body is found in the alley behind Suraj Bahadur Thapa'sbeloved momo shop — clutching one of HIS momo boxes — Suraj becomes thepolice's suspect number one. With his shop sealed and his father's legacyon the line, Suraj does the only sensible thing: he starts feeding thesuspects and following the clues.

One wedding. One ex in red. One body by the well.Momo-shop owner and reluctant amateur sleuth Suraj Bahadur Thapa came to Bhaktapur for his best friend's cousin's wedding — steamer off, notebook closed, NO murders allowed. Then the groom's college ex-girlfriend is found dead in the heritage hotel courtyard at dawn, the bride becomes suspect number one, and Suraj's detective instincts fire up faster than a coal stove.With his food-obsessed mother, his notebook-wielding best ...

MURDER AT THE LAKESIDE KITCHENSuraj Bahadur Thapa, Kathmandu's most unlikely detective, is back — and this time the case comes with a lakeside view.When a desperate letter arrives from Pokhara — a head chef vanished, a kitchen gone cold, and a raw fish with a threatening note in its mouth — Suraj packs up the whole family: sharp-eyed Maya, deputy-in-training Bibek (plus his beloved fish chart), photographer Elena, his ladle-wielding Aama, loyal Kalu the dog, and Dumpling th...