There was a twanging sound, and she felt her harness shudder. Reality seemed to slow down, as she looked up at the crane and saw her wire falling away, down into the gorge. It’s hard being the only son of a Bollywood superstar, and seventeen-yearold Raj Kapoor’s life just got a little bit more complicated. Preeti Shabbir, the beautiful starlet acting in Amit Kapoor’s latest film, is almost killed in a suspicious accident on the set. Raj and his friends Nagi and Madhuri resolve to find the would-be killer and stop him before he tries to finish the job. But is Preeti the intended victim? Or is the killer’s aim something even more chilling? In the first book featuring the detective trio from Mumbai’s glittering film world, Shoot the Peacock will take you on a wild ride through the fabulous and mysterious world of Bollywood at work and at play.