In the first thriller, the unprepared reader has to wade through the desultory concerns of Detective Inspector Partha brought in from Mumbai to help solve the case of a mysterious terrorist who is committing one mysterious murder after another in Delhi. Mercifully, the book lifts to another level when the supposed terrorist comes into the narrative—he is none other than Krishna, who from his little island in the middle of the Yamuna, has launched his attack on the citadel of corruption. And Partha is none other than Arjuna, drawn inexorably to the Blue God. Sprinkled through the narrative, like crossword clues, are versions of Kansa, Dwarka, Balram, Indra, Radha.