Necropolis is a gorgeously written and tightly plotted mystery novel that brings the city of Delhi alive, in ways both enchanting and provocative. The novel follows Sajan Dayal, a detective in pursuit of a serial (though nonlethal) collector of fingers. Dayal's team encounters would-be vampires and werewolves, and a woman named Razia who may or may not be centuries old. Guided by Singh's gorgeous and masterful writing, the novel peels back layers of a Delhi in thrall to its past, hostage to its present and bitterly divided as to its future.
