"TIMES ARE TOUGH FOR SAMSON RYDER, A MELBOURNE-BASED, ANGLO-INDIAN PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR WHO LIKES HIS FACTS COLD AND HIS CURRIES HOT. A SECRET GUILT OVER THE DEATH OF HIS SISTER HAS LEFT HIM GUARDED AND CLOSED, COSTING HIM HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND, HIS PARENTS AND HIS FAITH. WHEN A WEALTHY INDIAN INDUSTRIALIST ENGAGES HIM TO INVESTIGATE HOW HIS DAUGHTER, A RISING BOLLYWOOD STARLET, DIED ON A LOCATION SHOOTING IN AUSTRALIA, SAMSON TREATS IT AS EASY MONEY. AFTER ALL, THE POLICE HAD RULED OUT FOUL PLAY. HE SOON COMES TO REALISE THAT THIS IS ALSO HIS OPPORTUNITY FOR REDEMPTION, TO HELP A FAMILY FIND THE ANSWERS TO THEIR GRIEF, THE ANSWERS HE COULDN’T GIVE TO HIS OWN PARENTS.
TO UNCOVER THE TRUTH, SAMSON GOES BACK TO THE CITY OF HIS BIRTH, MUMBAI AND TEAMS UP WITH MABEL, HIS INTERPRETER, GODMOTHER AND SECOND-BEST COOK IN THE WORLD. TOGETHER, THEY PRISE OFF THE GLITTERING MASK OF BOLLYWOOD AND UNVEIL AN INDUSTRY WHERE FRIENDSHIPS ARE FICKLE, AFFAIRS ARE CURRENCY, BLACK MAGIC AND CURSES ARE RAMPANT AND HIDDEN DANGERS LURK ALL AROUND. WILL SAM UNCOVER THE TRUTH OR WILL HE BE THE NEXT VICTIM?"
"मेलबर्नस्थित अँग्लो-इंडियन प्रायव्हेट इन्व्हेस्टिगेटर सॅमसन रायडरसाठी आव्हानात्मक वेळ आहे. बहिणीच्या मृत्यूबद्दल गुप्त अपराधाने तो वेढलेला आहे. कुटुंबीयांसोबतच्या नात्यात दुरावा आलेला आहे. अशात एका श्रीमंत उद्योगपतीच्या बॉलीवूड स्टार असलेल्या मुलीच्या मृत्यूचा तपास त्याच्याकडे येतो. सॅमसन हे काम पैशासाठी घेतो, पण ती त्याच्या बहिणीच्या मृत्यूच्या अपराधभावनेतून बाहेर येण्याची चाबी ठरते. सत्य शोधण्यासाठी सॅमसन त्याच्या जन्मगावी मुंबईला परततो. त्याची दुभाषी आणि गॉडमदर यांच्यासोबत संधान साधतो. आणि बॉलीवूडचा खरा चेहरा उघड करण्याचे प्रयत्न करतो. क्षणोक्षण उत्कंठा वाढणारी रहस्यमयी कादंबरी.
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