Book Launch: Murder at the Mela, Leela Soma
Virtual Book Launch – Wednesday, 4 November, 2020 at 7 – 8.30 p.m.
Virtual launch of Leela Soma’s highly anticipated new novel, Murder at the Mela. Glasgow’s first Asian DI joins the ranks of great fictional Scottish detectives adding to highly popular Tartan Noir.
About Murder at the Mela
Alok Patel is thrown in at the deep end as newly promoted DI with his first investigation, when an Asian woman is brutally murdered at Glasgow’s Mela Festival. Facing prejudice from his work colleagues and suspicion from the Asian community, Patel struggles to balance the pressures of his rank, relationships, and racism.
Join Leela Soma in conversation with Zoe Strachan, Online.
Free – ticketed.
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