The House of Athangudi Tiles: A Karaikudi Romance

When architectural conservator Meera Chidambaram returns to Karaikudi to sign away her late grandmother's crumbling Chettinad mansion, she expects grief, paperwork, and a quiet goodbye.Instead, she finds a missing temple idol, a floor tile that doesn't belong, and a childhood friend turned police inspector who insists the house is hiding something far more dangerous than dust.As Meera and Inspector Arjun Palaniappan dig beneath ninety years of polished family history, they uncover a fraud, a forgotten drowning, and a debt one woman spent her whole life too frightened to repay - even as a ruthless antique dealer will stop at nothing, including fire, to keep the past buried for good.Set among the tiled courtyards and teak-pillared halls of Chettinad's great merchant houses, THE HOUSE OF ATHANGUDI TILES is a slow-burning romance and a page-turning thriller about the secrets old buildings keep, and the courage it takes to finally let them go. FICTION / ROMANTIC THRILLERV Raji