The Tender Coconut Tamasha

<h2><strong>A 2022 PAGE TURNER BOOK AWARDS FINALIST</strong><strong></strong><br></h2><h3>"★★★★★ Funny and fast-paced crime caper..."</h3><h3>"★★★★★ India's answer to Alexander McCall Smith's Mma Ramotswe."</h3><h3>"★★★★★ Couldn't put it down."<strong><br></strong></h3><h3>"★★★★★ The future of light crime fiction is Inspector Chatpati."</h3><p><br></p><p>Inspector Hari Chatpati is under pressure.</p><p>Being the head of India's first Specialist Minor Crime Squad is tough. The streets are full of illegally dumped garbage. Public urination is rife. And there's a flasher lurking in the park.</p><p>When the Civil Nuisance Unit is ordered to investigate the case of a foreign tourist with food poisoning, it seems a distraction from proper police work. But there's more than meets the eye.</p><p>The investigation exposes a series of inexplicable deaths, all linked (inexplicably) to coconuts.</p><p>When the media gets wind, Chatpati is caught unawares. The florid headlines spark a social media storm. Demonstrations ensue, orchestrated by vested interests. The public brays for blood, preferably the Inspector's.</p><p>Bowing to pressure, the authorities suspend the Inspector and disband his Civil Nuisance Unit.</p><p>Chatpati and a small corps of loyal officers must work undercover to expose the sordid truth.</p><p>Can they restore order to chaos? And bring the perpetrators to justice?</p>