There are books that open like a locked door being gently pushed, and there are books that open like a gunshot in a silent hall. This one begins somewhere in between. A celebrated detective is found murdered while still mid-investigation, and that single rupture in the system is enough to tilt the world of “Murder at the Palace: A Chanaksha Rajpoot Mystery” into motion. His assistant, Chanaksha Rajpoot, is left holding not just unfinished files but the weight of an unfinish