When Milan Patel, a high-end event planner in New York City, visits his parents at their family-run motel in Montana, he’s already expecting the usual drama. But shortly after he arrives, Milan’s father mysteriously drowns in the motel pool. Now everyone’s a suspect. What was meant to be a quick trip becomes Milan’s worst reconnecting with his past so he can solve his father’s murder. Murder at the Patel Motel is a comedic, Agatha Christie-style mystery about a complicated Indian-American family, the gay son who vowed to never return home, and a town that prefers its secrets stay buried.