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A list of the best true crime books by Indian authors from serial killers to the mafia, from cold blooded murders to bank heists, from crimes of passion to narco crimes, and more...

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1	India's Money Heist: The Chelembra Bank Robbery by Anirban Bhattacharya 4.28 avg rating — 141 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1	The Widows of Malabar Hill (Perveen Mistry, #1) by Sujata Massey (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 35,027 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1	Nether Land: High School Temptation, Insurance Haze, Stolen Resolution, and Murder by Kem Hinton 4.39 avg rating — 23 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Deadly Dozen: India's Most Notorious Serial Killers by Anirban Bhattacharya 3.94 avg rating — 333 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Dongri To Dubai : Six Decades of The Mumbai Mafia by S. Hussain Zaidi (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 10,717 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Mafia Queens of Mumbai: Women Who Ruled the Ganglands by S. Hussain Zaidi (Goodreads Author) 3.82 avg rating — 4,220 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Black Friday: The True Story Of The Bombay Bomb Blasts by S. Hussain Zaidi (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 2,447 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Byculla to Bangkok by S. Hussain Zaidi (Goodreads Author) 3.79 avg rating — 1,741 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	My Name is Abu Salem by S. Hussain Zaidi (Goodreads Author) 3.64 avg rating — 704 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Wily Old Woman of Dongri by S. Hussain Zaidi (Goodreads Author) 3.59 avg rating — 171 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Aarushi by Avirook Sen 3.92 avg rating — 2,028 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	The Front Page Murders by Puja Changoiwala 3.96 avg rating — 187 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	The Complete Collection Of Lalbazar Set Of Four Volumes by Supratim Sarkar 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Death in Mumbai by Meenal Baghel 3.30 avg rating — 160 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Khaki Files: Inside Stories of Police Missions by Neeraj Kumar 4.09 avg rating — 281 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Dial D for Don: Inside Stories of CBI Case Missions by Neeraj Kumar 3.92 avg rating — 513 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Queens of Crime: True Stories of Women Criminals from India by Sushant Singh 3.98 avg rating — 203 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Bihar Diaries by Amit Lodha 4.18 avg rating — 1,117 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	The Barabanki Narcos: Busting India’s Most Notorious Drug Cartel by Aloke Lal (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 134 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Murder in the Bylanes: Life and Death in a Divided City by Aloke Lal (Goodreads Author) 4.49 avg rating — 74 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	The Hyderabad Heist by Sharmishtha Shenoy (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 71 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	In Hot Blood: The Nanavati Case That Shook India by Bachi Karkaria 3.60 avg rating — 105 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	The Highway Murders by Sourabh Mukherjee (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 259 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	The Stolen Necklace : A Small Crime in a Small Town by Shevlin Sebastian (Goodreads Author) 3.39 avg rating — 33 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Godman to Tycoon : The Untold Story of Baba Ramdev by Priyanka Pathak-Narain 3.90 avg rating — 389 ratings score: 78, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	The Bawla Murder Case: Love, Lust and Crime in Colonial India by Dhaval Kulkarni 3.18 avg rating — 33 ratings score: 77, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Operation Bazooka: The True Story behind the Hunt for the Most Dreaded UP Gangster ǀ True crime account of Shriprakash Shukla’s encounter by IPS Rajesh Pandey 4.12 avg rating — 74 ratings score: 76, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	The Scam that Shook a Nation : The Nagarwala Scandal by Rasheed Kidwai 3.03 avg rating — 32 ratings score: 75, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Meow Meow: The Incredible True Story of Baby Patankar by Srinath Rao 3.40 avg rating — 57 ratings score: 74, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Cyber Encounters: Cops' Adventures With Online Criminals by Ashok Kumar 4.39 avg rating — 136 ratings score: 73, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Murder on the Menu: The Sensational Story of the Tycoon Who Founded Saravana Bhavan by Nirupama Subramanian (Goodreads Author) 3.71 avg rating — 349 ratings score: 72, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	The Detective Diaries: Eleven Sensational Cases of Kolkata Police by Supratim Sarkar 4.09 avg rating — 480 ratings score: 71, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Dead Men Tell Tales: The Memoir of a Police Surgeon by B.Umadathan 4.12 avg rating — 1,943 ratings score: 70, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Chelembra Bank Kavarcha \| ചേലേമ്പ്ര ബാങ്ക് കവർച്ച by Anirban Bhattacharyya 4.46 avg rating — 28 ratings score: 69, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Swipe Right to Kill: The Jaipur Tinder Murder Case by Anirban Bhattacharyya 4.13 avg rating — 52 ratings score: 68, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars