Vicky Rai, the son of a high-profile minister, has been shot dead by one of the guests at his own party. They are a glitzy bunch, but among them the police find six strange, displaced characters with a gun in their possession, each of them steaming with a secret motive.
India's wiliest investigative journalist, Arun Advani, makes it his mission to nail the murderer. In doing so, the amazing, tender and touching lives of six eccentric characters unravel before our eyes. But can we trust Advani? Or does he have another agenda in mind?
Vikas Swarup is an Indian diplomat who has served in Turkey, the United States, Ethiopia and Great Britain. Q&A, his first novel, has been translated into 25 languages and was made into the Oscar-winning film, Slumdog Millionaire. Six Suspects is his second novel.
Lyndam was Ashok in The Archers and worked with Dame Peggy Ashcroft in the radio version of Tom Stoppard's Indian Ink. Television work includes EastEnders, Coronation Street, Rumpole and Chucklevision. He's appeared on stage in Ayckbourn's Woman in Mind and the musical 14 Songs. Lyndam hopes you enjoy his reading of Six Suspects. He didn't guess correctly who the murderer was. Will you?
