The Mystery of the Fortress and Other Stories
While Sherlock Homes' card read, Consulting Detective, Byomkesh Bakshi's name plate read, A Seeker of Truth. Though endowed with amazing powers of deduction and analytical intelligence, Saradindu's revered character of Byomkesh served as a common man's conscience. Immersed in the middle-class Bengali social milieu of the 1930's, its appeal refuses to die down even in this age of forensic detection and investigation. Contains 32 stories.