A physicist, a murder, and a poison too perfect to detect

A professor is found dead in his London lab. No trace of a weapon. No clear cause of death. For Sri, a young physics student far from home, the crime is personal — and soon becomes perilous. Drawn into the investigation alongside a sharp-witted MI6 agent and her flatmate, a private investigator with secrets of his own, Sri discovers a conspiracy as intricate as it is deadly.

From the protests of Tehran to the shadowy corridors of British intelligence, Alpha Beta Gamma unfolds at breakneck speed. The science is real: alpha particles, radiation poisoning, cybercrime, code-breaking. The dangers are even more real: assassins who leave no footprints, state agencies compromised by hidden moles, and a poison so elusive it once fooled the world.

The first in The Diary of a Sloppy Sleuth series, this novel introduces a trio of unlikely allies bound together by chance, intellect, and survival. Witty, fast-paced, and unapologetically nerdy, it’s a cerebral spy thriller that proves sometimes the sharpest weapon is the human mind.