A Will to Kill

Aging millionaire Bhaskar Fernandez has won his family property back after a bitter legal battle. Now, though wheelchair-bound, he has invited his relatives to the remote, and possibly haunted, Greybrooke Manor, a colonial-era mansion high up in the misty Nilgiris. It stands alone in an area said to be haunted by the ghost of an Englishman. According to legend, every past owner of the house has died a violent death, and every future owner will die violently too. He knows his guests expect to gain from his death, so he writes two conflicting wills. Which one of them comes into force will depend on how he dies.

Fernandez also invites Detective Harith Athreya, a seasoned investigator, to watch what unfolds. His son, Manu Fernandez, is as mystified by the situation as Athreya. When every member of the family has all to gain and all to lose, Detective Athreya must uncover truths no one is willing to reveal.

When the mountainous region produces a cataclysmic landslide, it renders the estate impossible to leave. A body is discovered – the victim’s throat has been cut, and Athreya finds that death is not the only thing that the mist conceals. . .