Six Suspects

A Novel

Vikas Swarup

Minotaur/Thomas Dunne Books

Download Image Vikas Swarup Six Suspects
Buy it now

Available Formats

BookeBook

From the author of the New York Times bestseller Slumdog Millionaire comes a richly textured social thriller.

Seven years ago, Vivek “Vicky” Rai, the playboy son of the home minister of Uttar Pradesh, murdered bartender Ruby Gill at a trendy restaurant in New Delhi, simply because she refused to serve him a drink. Now Vicky Rai has been killed at the party he was throwing to celebrate his acquittal. The police arrest six guests with guns in their possession: a corrupt bureaucrat who claims to have become Mahatma Gandhi; an American tourist infatuated with an Indian actress; a Stone Age tribesman on a quest; a Bollywood sex symbol with a guilty secret; a mobile-phone thief who dreams big; and an ambitious politician prepared to stoop low.


Swarup unravels the lives and motives of the six suspects, offering both a riveting page-turner and an insightful look into the heart of contemporary India.

Connect with the Author

Vikas Swarup

Official Sites

Related Links

Sign Up for
Author Updates

Macmillan Newsletter

Sign up to receive information about new books, author events, and special offers.

Sign up now

Reviews

Praise for Six Suspects

“[A] Bollywood version of the board game Clue with a strain of screwball comedy thrown in...
[A]lthough the story’s geographical span is even bigger than India, the whole thing feels handily confined to the kind of isolated, air-tight setting that Agatha Christie’s readers love. Thanks to such a schematic setup 'Six Suspects' is gleeful, sneaky fun….Mr. Swarup, an Indian diplomat, brings a worldly range of attributes to his potentially simple story. [His] style stays light and playful, preferring to err on the side of broad high jinks rather than high seriousness. A fizzy romp seems to be the main thing he has in mind.  Oddly enough, that ambition turns this formulaic-sounding book into a refreshing oddity. It bears no resemblance to any of the cookie-cutter genre books of this season.”—Janet Maslin, The New York Times

"Charming, atmospheric, and driven equally by character and plot, Six Suspects is bound to be popular with traditional mystery fans and readers of international crime fiction, as well as the legion of Slumdog devotees. Highly recommended."--Booklist (starred review)

"Enriched by the sights and smells of contemporary India, this mystery shows Swarup to be a skillful prose stylist and deft handler of plot, who's likely to win more readers."--Library Journal

"The author of Slumdog Millionaire has another blockbuster of a story that begins with a murder, then delves into the lives and motives of the six suspects. The reader becomes intimately involved with each suspect while being treated to an eye-opening account of life in India."--Romantic Times BOOKreviews (4 1/2 stars)

“The author of Q&A (2005), the novel that became the film Slumdog Millionaire, returns with an equally high-concept tale that uses a murder investigation to launch a riotous tour of contemporary India…a teeming, beguiling Indian panorama wrapped in a clever whodunit.”—Kirkus Reviews

Reviews from Goodreads

Back

About the Author

Vikas Swarup

Vikas Swarup’s first novel was translated into over forty languages and made into the Oscar Award–winning film Slumdog Millionaire. An Indian diplomat, Vikas is currently serving as Consul-General in Osaka, Japan.

Vikas Swarup

Photo: Aparna Swarup
Vikas Swarup

Official Sites

Related Links

Back

Community

Criminalelement.com

Latest Blog Posts

5/29/2012 2:00:00 PM
Fresh Meat: Killer’s Island by Anna Jansson
5/29/2012 1:00:00 PM
Now Win This!: Joseph Koenig’s False Negative
5/29/2012 10:30:00 AM
The “Ys” Have It!: Five Fundamental YA Mysteries
More Blog Posts
 

Latest on Facebook

Latest on Twitter

Back

Reading Guide

Organizing a Reading Group

1

Get the Guide

Download PDF
2

Tell Your Friends

Share
3

Find More Books

Go to Website
4

Stay Updated

Sign Up
Back

Buy the Book

Available Formats and Book Details

Six Suspects
A Novel
Vikas Swarup

Trade Paperback

Trade Paperback
St. Martin's Press
Minotaur/Thomas Dunne Books
August 2010
Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780312630737
ISBN10: 0312630735
5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches, 480 pages
$14.99
Buy

Hardcover

Learn more about this edition
Hardcover
St. Martin's Press
Minotaur/Thomas Dunne Books
July 2009
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780312605032
ISBN10: 031260503X
6 1/8 x 9 1/4 inches, 480 pages
$24.99

e-Book Agency

Learn more about this edition
e-Book Agency
St. Martin's Press
Minotaur/Thomas Dunne Books
July 2009
e-Book Agency
ISBN: 9781429935371
ISBN10: 1429935375
6 1/8 x 9 1/4 inches, 480 pages
$9.99
Back

From The Publisher

Minotaur Books

Latest on Facebook

Latest on Twitter

Back

{ About }

{ Services }

{ Store }

{ Publishers }

Education

Children's

© 2011 Macmillan