Writers have consistently found ways to incorporate wildlife into interesting whodunit plots. In this episode, host Suparna Chatterjee delves into some prominent detective stories from India featuring wildlife in a significant manner. She is joined by wildlife photographer (and avid detective fiction fan) Shoumo Bhattacharya, who talks about his favourite detective stories featuring animals, and about his detecting experiences in the jungle. 

Host: Suparna Chatterjee (www.suparnachatterjee.com)

Instagram: thedesidetectiveshow and soup_and_chat

Guest: Shoumo Bhattacharya

Instagram: @shoumo29

Books mentioned in this episode:

By Edgar Allan Poe - Murders in the Rue Morgue

By Arthur Conan Doyle - The Hound of the Baskervilles,

The Adventures of the Speckled Band

By Agatha Christie - Dumb Witness, A Death in the Clouds, Elephants Can Remember, Five Little Pigs, Pale Horse

By Saradindu Bandopadhyay - Chorabali (The Quicksand), Makorshar Rosh (The Tarantula's Juice), Shojarur Kanta (The Quills of the Porcupine), Chiriakhana (The Zoo).

By Satyajit Ray - Sonar Kella (The Golden Fortress), Royal Bengal Rohosyo (The Mystery of the Royal Bengal Tiger), Badshahi Angti (The Emperor's Ring)

By Sunil Gangopadhyay - Sabuj Dwiper Raja (The King of the Verdant Island)

By Vaseem Khan (@vaseemkhanwriter) - The Baby Ganesh Detective Agency

By Abir Mukherjee (@radiomukhers) - A Necessary Evil

By HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote Hunts the Peacock

By Harini Nagendra (@harini.nagendra) - A Nest of Vipers, Into the Leopard's Den

By Suparna Chatterjee (@soup_and_chat) - The All Bengali Crime Detectives, A Gathering of Crows

By Mallika Ravikumar (@mallika.ravikuamr) - The Case of the Missing Turtles

By Ravi Subramanium (@ravisubramanian70) - The Mystery of the Missing Cat

Podcast Theme Music by B. Prasanna and Khurshed Batliwala 

Instagram: @b_prasanna and @khurshedbatliwala

Haradhoner Doshti Chhele:

https://youtu.be/z4S3fVtyCFc?si=XsuWsCUmXZ-GbrFr