Tumbling Out Of The Closet

Chikkamma Tours (Pvt.) Ltd, a gripping new queer bibliomystery by debut author Unmana, turns a popular Bengaluru bookstore into the scene of a murder and the bookstore's travel-agent neighbours into amateur sleuths

- MAHIMA NAGARAJU

Rumpy but lovable bookworm, Nilima, is having a regular workday at Chikkamma Tours (Pvt.) Ltd, ignoring an annoying coworker and trying not to be too obvious about her crush on her boss, Shwetha. That is, until a quick break leads to her (literally) stumbling upon the body of the travel agency's neighbour, Jagat Desai, the man who runs one of the city's most iconic bookstores. What follows is, in author Unmana's words, a 'queer, cosy, bibliomystery', with Nilima teaming up with her colleagues to solve the mystery, uncover the messy dynamics the dead man seemingly had with everyone in his life, but also to be close to her 'charming, beautiful, and poised' boss.