A story of murder and politics set against the backdrop of a changing 1960s India, where societal issues of abortion and divorce rages between political factions of the left and right, over the course of seventy-two hours, THE COLONY OF ROSES follows the investigation of a homicide detective's dogged pursuit of the truth and his ever deeper journey into the shady and macabre world of lovable rogues, fall guys, femme fatales, corrupt cops, idealists and all the myriad of other quirky characters that inhabits...THE COLONY OF ROSES.In the grand tradition of the hard-boiled, crime thriller / detective novels to stand with the best of its genre, prepare to enter an intricate world of dysfunctional characters, greed and head-spinning adventure that will leave you guessing until the explosive finale that is Ron Chatterjee's debut novel - THE COLONY OF ROSES!