New Delhi, March 23 -- Murder is serious business. Even more so when it occurs within the confines of a closed house inside a gated society, a space presumed to be safe. But what happens when the story is narrated through the lens of an unserious 12-year-old girl? Author Suparna Chatterjee explores this premise in her whodunit, A Gathering of Crows, the first in The Serenity Murder series.

Set in suburban Bengaluru, the story unfolds through a non-linear narrative, shifting between multiple perspectives, including adolescent Abhilasha aka Abhi, inspector Arjun Hegde, and residents and committee members of the Serenity Islands Apartment Complex. What begins as a suicide investigation soon spirals into something far more sinister, unearthi...