Baptism by Fire is a collection of five investigative stories of an enterprising newage detective duo – Samrat Sanyal and Aveek Gupta. Samrat is an exgovernment sleuth turned private eye, while Aveek is cybersecurity professional turned detective. Set in different locales, our new age detective duo crack some complex and nervewracking cases. From being called upon to solve the disappearance of a labour leader in the tea gardens near Darjeeling to the mysterious death of a regular hiker in the Table Mountains of Cape Town, or searching for a missing island in the exotic Andaman and Nicobar, to investigating the murder of a management school student – they’ve done it all.Death on the Table Mountain is centered around the mysterious death of a hiker and travel blog writer on the Table Mountains in Cape Town, South Africa. Samrat and Aveek land up in Cape Town as part of a trip to South Africa and get involved in a most intriguing case involving narcotics and crime networks.

Author: Saumya Chaki