‘Crime Pays, even after 46 years!’

Book: অনয় যখন গোয়েন্দা (When Anoy Became a Real Detective)

Writer: Chandan Paul

Genre: Detective Novel - Fiction

Dedicated to: Tomorrow's Detective- 'Koirav Krishna'

Target Reader: Teenagers

Publisher: Chaitanya Prokashon (Book Fair Stall#634-5)

1st Published: February 2017

©: Writer

Cover: Niaz Chowdhury Tuli

Price: 160/- (At Book Fair: 120/-)

ISBN: 978-984-92854-4-1

Anoy, a student of class nine, starts the longest journey of his life on a winter night all by himself. Six hours in a bus to Shunamganj, long rickshaw ride to Haluaghat, and finally a boat ride to Narayantola – his uncle's place very close to India's border is the destination.

His holiday trip turns to a bitter one within two hours when he almost took out his mobile phone to call his father but puts it down because everything in life is an experience – he believes.

Plus, he is a brave little kid, good at both studies and sports, especially cricket and martial arts. His hobbies are listening to and singing Tagore songs and just reading detective stories. Little did he knew that he is about to become a detective himself soon.

For the trip he carries his tab, smart phone, and some other everyday gadgets to take photos and videos to share them on Facebook, especially for his mother. But these gadgets end up being the gears of his detective prowess!

Writing a word more would be giving out spoilers, as his 'work' starts not very long after he reaches his uncle's place and encounters the village mad man Arun, who he finds out form the Head-Master of the village High School- was a brave liberation fighter as a kid!

In this story, as much Anoy learns about the simple village life and things like the names of different kinds of rice and vegetables, especially from Rupa, Anoy's elder cousin who is given the responsibility to look after him at every moment while he is in the village. But in contrary to the simple ways, lies a great secret that Anoy, Rupa'di, and his other cousins plan to reveal!

Anik Khan is a Poet and a Journalist.