How to Purchase Death in the Rain Ebook: A Guide for Crime Fiction Readers
Updated: Sep 29
Death in the Rain is the first book in the Kabir Joshi & Ananya Rao Mystery series, an India-set crime series in which money, political influence, and corruption leave a paper trail.
When Maharashtra’s Deputy Chief Minister is found dead at the Gateway of India, police call it suicide. Investigative journalist Kabir Joshi refuses to accept the official explanation.
His search for the truth takes him through Mumbai’s political and financial networks, where respected institutions can conceal uncomfortable facts and powerful people have good reason to keep certain records out of sight.
Why Read Death in the Rain?
Mumbai is central to the novel rather than merely its setting. The monsoon, crowded streets, government offices, financial institutions, old neighborhoods, and constant pressure of the city all shape Kabir’s investigation.
At the center of the story are Kabir Joshi and Inspector Ananya Rao. Kabir follows documents, money, and contradictions. Ananya brings the judgment and discipline of a police investigator. Their methods differ, but both understand that an official explanation is not necessarily the truth.
The novel combines murder, investigative journalism, financial wrongdoing, political influence, and institutional concealment while introducing the two characters whose partnership develops throughout the series.
Where Death in the Rain Fits in the Series
Death in the Rain is Book 1 of the Kabir Joshi & Ananya Rao Mystery series.
The current reading order is:
Death in the Rain — Mumbai
Bombay Reckless — a prequel story from Kabir’s earlier years
Silent Auction Murder — Mumbai’s art world, wealth, and elite circles
The Lily Network — Delhi, political power, and institutional corruption
Each book contains its own central investigation, while Kabir and Ananya’s lives and relationship continue across the series.
What Kind of Crime Novel Is It?
Readers who enjoy Indian crime fiction, investigative mysteries, financial thrillers, and noir grounded in real places will find familiar territory in Death in the Rain.
The novel focuses on how wrongdoing is hidden: through contracts, records, influence, institutional loyalty, and the assumption that certain people will never be questioned.
Kabir’s instinct is to follow the paper trail. Documents can be buried, explanations can be managed, and witnesses can be pressured, but money has a habit of leaving evidence behind.
Reading Death in the Rain as an Ebook
The Kindle edition of Death in the Rain is available through Amazon and can be read on a Kindle device or through the Kindle app on compatible phones, tablets, and computers.
Readers can also learn more about the novel and the rest of the series through the official Blue Latitude Books website.
Start with Mumbai
Every book in the series is closely tied to its city.
For Death in the Rain, that city is Mumbai—a place where money moves quickly, influence works quietly, and reputations are protected with considerable care.
Kabir begins with a death the authorities are prepared to explain away.
He keeps asking questions.
That is where the series begins.
Andrew D. Levine writes Indian noir where money, power, and corruption leave a paper trail.
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