Book description
'We knew we had to solve the mystery somehow!' The world of Kalu, Malu,
Bulu and Tulu is always buzzing with mysteries, big and small. And that
works just fine, because the four young 'detectives' are raring to solve
them. Wherever the four clever friends happen to be-at their school
hostel, next door at the Zamindar Mansion, or away on holiday in Mandu
or Cherrapunji-they have a way of smelling out a mystery and keeping
their nerve in the face of daunting dangers and terrifying threats to
find what lies at the bottom of it. Join the Lu Quartet on their
adventures in caves and ravines, secret chambers and dark mango groves,
and see if you can unravel the twists and turns of the whodunits just as
they do. These thirteen classic stories by Nalini Das originally
appeared in the reputed Bengali magazine Sandesh and have been
translated for the first time into English by leading children's writer
Swapna Dutta. PLUS! Book Mine Gems: 32 extra-special pages: Know more
about the author, her work and her times. Plus things to think about and
to do.' Nalini Das, the daughter of Punyalata and Arun Nath
Chakraborty, grew up with her sister and two cousins, which might have
inspired her to write, stories of four 'detective' friends as Goenda
Gandalu. She had a brilliant academic career and took up teaching. When
Sandesh, a well-known Bengali magazine, was relaunched she became one of
the editors, a post she held until her death. The Gandalu stories first
appeared in Sandesh and were very popular.'
