Nagesh Kumar CS is a Kannada novelist specializing in detective fiction and thrillers. His works include Karala Garbha, Suvarna Karavali, Abaleya Bale, Rahasyayana, Rochakathe, and his most recent Kannada novel, Kone Hego Ariyalare (2024). Several of his detective novels have been published as two-in-one bind-up editions, and select titles are also available as audiobooks on Storytel.
His English-language editions include Himalayan Trap, a translation of his Kannada thriller Himajala introducing detective duo Vijay and Vikram to English readers; The Man Who Won Tomorrow, a time-travel thriller blending hard science fiction with a grounded counter-terror plot; Beyond the Known World, a collection of five prize-winning mystery stories; and Operation Sleeping Lily, a seafaring smuggling thriller. The Innocent's Net, adapted from his own Kannada novel Abaleya Bale, brings Vijay and Vikram back for a money-laundering thriller of their own.
Find his full catalogue, including the original Kannada editions, at www.nageshwrites.com.