Category L (Mystery and detective fiction)
| L01 | ||
| Chaudhary, Ramprasad Nothing but the truth New Delhi: Vikas, 1978, pp. 28-33. | 0010-1640 | |
| Used by permission of the publishers | ||
| Corr | 0180 the (tLe) | |
| 2013 | words | |
| L02 | ||
| Hilda Raj Trail of evil -- (a suspense novel) New Delhi: Vikas, 1978, pp. 69-75. | 0010-1790 | |
| Used by permission of the publishers | ||
| Corr | 1140 going on (going in) | |
| 1530 colleagues (collegues) | ||
| 2009 | words | |
| L03 | ||
| Dave, Shyam The Isaac docket New Delhi: Orient Paperbacks, 1978, pp. 148-53. | 0010-1650 | |
| Used by permission of Orient Paperbacks a division of Vision Books Private Limited | ||
| Corr | 0820 reserves (reverses) | |
| 1090 stream (strem) | ||
| 2021 | words | |
| L04 | ||
| Suresh Chopra `Snapped`, The Illustrated Weekly of India, (Feb 5, 1978), pp. 49, 51. | 0010-1660 | |
| Used by permission of The Illustrated Weekly of India | ||
| 2014 | words | |
| L05 | ||
| Nikki Ty-Tomkins Seth `The garden`, The Illustrated Weekly of India, March 5,1978, pp. 55, 57, 58. | 0010-1750 | |
| Used by permission of The Illustrated Weekly of India | ||
| corr | 1460 three-storeyed (three-storied) | |
| 2010 | words | |
| L06 | ||
| M.R. McLeod `The silver knife`, The Illustrated Weekly of India, February 26, 1978, pp. 49-51. | 0010-1790 | |
| Used by permission of The Illustrated Weekly of India | ||
| 2018 | words | |
| L07 | ||
| Manohar Malgonkar `Shalimar`, The Illustrated Weekly of India, August 13, 1978, pp. 51, 55. | 0010-1690 | |
| Used by permission of The Illustrated Weekly of India | ||
| 2016 | words | |
| L08 | ||
| Manohar Malgonkar Open season New Delhi: Orient Paperbacks, 1978, pp. 60-66. | 0010-1740 | |
| Used by permission of Orient Paperbacks, a division of Vision Books Private Limited | ||
| Corr | 0330 some (same) | |
| 0480 man (main) | ||
| Sic | 1300-1310 So she can look out | |
| 2036 | words | |
| L09 | ||
| Kapur, Vikram The traumatic bite, Delhi: Vision Books, 1978, pp. 158-66. | 0010-1870 | |
| Used by permission of Orient Paperbacks, A division of Vision Books Private Limited | ||
| Corr | 0130 carts (tarts) | |
| 0750 repetition (repitition) | ||
| 1220 it`s (its) | ||
| 1350 my (may) | ||
| 1670 huge (hue) | ||
| 1800 college (collage) | ||
| 2004 | words | |
| L10 | ||
| Kapur, Tribhuvan In ecstatic embrace, a voidic composition, Vision Books, 1978, pp. 50-59. | 0010-1740 | |
| Used by permission of Orient Paper Backs, a division of Vision Books Private Limited | ||
| Corr | 0480 ensconced (esconsced) | |
| Sic | 1450-1460 As he gave hope up | |
| 2012 | words | |
| L11 | ||
| Dog detective Ranjha, Macmillan London Ltd., 1978, pp.66-73. | 0010-1630 | |
| Used by permission of Macmillan (Accounts and Administration) London Limited | ||
| 2011 | words | |
| L12 | ||
| Raghunathan `The avenger`, Eve`s Weekly, December 9-15, 1978, pp. 15, 17. | 0010-1820 | |
| Used by permission of Eve`s Weekly Limited | ||
| Corr | 0170 stuff (staff | |
| 0320 Brahmacharya (Bramacharya) | ||
| 1620 mechanically (machanically) | ||
| 1780 became (become) | ||
| 2010 | words | |
| L13 | ||
| Dhurandhar, Arvind `Lal mahal`, Eve`s Weekly, April 6-14, 1978, pp. 43,45. | 0010-1730 | |
| Used by permission of Eve`s Weekly Limited | ||
| 2016 | Words | |
| L14 | ||
| Mayah Balse `Trapped`, Eve`s Weekly, April 29-May 5, pp. 24,25. | 0010-1710 | |
| Used by permission of Eve`s Weekly Limited | ||
| Corr | 0990 dump (dunk) | |
| Sic | 0710-1720 he didn`t try to stop me accepting employments | |
| 2000 | words | |
| L15 | ||
| Krishna Baldev Vaid The secret door`, New Quest Poona: November-December, 1978, pp. 423-426. | 0010-1720 | |
| Used by permission of New Quest | ||
| Corr | 0260 pouring (pourng) | |
| 0490 this (his) | ||
| 1970 | words | |
| L16 | ||
| A. Bhrahm, Dev `The red suitcase`, Femina, Deember 8-22, 1978, p. 51. | 0010-1310 | |
| B. Manisha Bobb `The bus encounter`, Imprint, September, 1978, p. 59 | 1320-1750 | |
| A. Used by permission of Femina | ||
| B. Used by permission of Business Press Private Limited | ||
| Corr | 0250 beside (besides) | |
| 0480 something (sometimes) | ||
| 0820 we (he) | ||
| 1630 its (it`s) | ||
| 2002 | words | |
| L17 | ||
| A. Gurubachan Singh Bhulla `Fear` (Translated by Kuldip Singh from the Punjabi) | ||
| The Illustrated Weekly of India, November 12, 1978, pp. 44-46. | 0010-1440 | |
| B. Satya Saran | 1450-1680 | |
| L18 | ||
| Trichy E. Bharucha `Teresa`, Mirror, January, 1978, pp. 41-44. | 0010-1650 | |
| Used by permission of Mirror | ||
| Corr | 0610 quiet (quite) | |
| 0650 some day (someday) | ||
| 0800 happened (happeued) | ||
| 0830 Ballary (Ballard) | ||
| 0920 dipping (dippings) | ||
| 1290 any more (anymore) | ||
| 1520 dissimilarity (dissimilarily) | ||
| 2014 | words | |
| L19 | ||
| Radhika Dorasamy The vow, Mirror, April, 1978, pp. 60-63. | 0010-1760 | |
| Used by permission of Mirror | ||
| Corr | 0220 innate (inate) | |
| 0640 incompetence (incompetance) | ||
| 0760 all (al) | ||
| 0730 Ramsamy (Ramsamy`s) | ||
| 2003 | words | |
| L20 | ||
| Gidwani Bhaguram S. `Swami and two bottles of beer`, Imprint, Vol.XVIII,No.I,April,1978,pp.29-31. | 0010-1630 | |
| Used by permission of Business Press Private Limited | ||
| Corr | 1410 pronounced (prounced) | |
| 2020 | words | |
| L21 | ||
| Tendulkar, Vijay `Death by hanging` (translated from the Marathi by Priya Adarkar) Imprint, December, 1978, pp. 29-32. | 0010-1740 | |
| Used by permission of Business Press Private Limited | ||
| Corr | 1300 court. All (court, All) | |
| 1980 | words | |
| L22 | ||
| Mikki Hariani `Suspicion`, Eve`s Weekly, July 1, 1978, pp. 14-15. | 0010-1790 | |
| Used by permission of Eve`s Weekly Limited | ||
| 2007 | words | |
| L23 | ||
| Ratnabai Bhattacharya `Suddenly last summer`, Femina, April 8-22, 1978, pp. 7,11,13. | 0010-17770 | |
| Used by permission of Femina | ||
| Corr | 0380 ought (aught) | |
| 2007 | words | |
| L24 | ||
| Bhat, Sudhakar Holier than thou, New Delhi: Sterling Publishing Pvt. Ltd.,pp.70-77. | 0010-1630 | |
| Used by permission of Sterling Publishers Private Limited | ||
| 2020 | words | |