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In the Moonlit Kingdom

In the Moonlit Kingdom

A Gothic Mystery Novel of Buried Secrets inside an Ancient Manor in a Myth-Shrouded Mountain Town

Aishwarya Jha
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In a world where appearances are everything, the spectre of deceit is never fully exorcised . . .

Riddled with myths and legends, the mountain town of Munala hero-worships its first family, the Chandra Singhs, residents of the ancient manor house. The death of the patriarch brings his estranged, unstable daughter Meher back after eleven years and skewers the lives of his beloved and beautiful wife Devyani—a
former Bollywood star—and successor son, Raghu. Against a backdrop of bankruptcy and betrayal, Meher must contend with the ghosts of the manor’s past, as well as her own, and discover the secret behind the miniature Swiss house left to her by her father.

Imprint: India Penguin

Published: Sep/2026

ISBN: 9789377300791 (Paperback)

Length : 376 Pages

MRP : ₹499.00

In the Moonlit Kingdom

A Gothic Mystery Novel of Buried Secrets inside an Ancient Manor in a Myth-Shrouded Mountain Town

Aishwarya Jha

In a world where appearances are everything, the spectre of deceit is never fully exorcised . . .

Riddled with myths and legends, the mountain town of Munala hero-worships its first family, the Chandra Singhs, residents of the ancient manor house. The death of the patriarch brings his estranged, unstable daughter Meher back after eleven years and skewers the lives of his beloved and beautiful wife Devyani—a
former Bollywood star—and successor son, Raghu. Against a backdrop of bankruptcy and betrayal, Meher must contend with the ghosts of the manor’s past, as well as her own, and discover the secret behind the miniature Swiss house left to her by her father.

Buying Options
Paperback / Hardback

Aishwarya Jha

Aishwarya Jha’s debut novel, The Scent of Fallen Stars, won the 2024 Ramnath Goenka Sahithya Samman for Fiction. Her work has been published in the Bombay Literary Magazine, Scroll.in, New Indian Express, an anthology at the University of Oxford and numerous international literary journals.

Aishwarya is also the co-founder of Indophile, an initiative promoting Indian culture and heritage. She lives in New Delhi with her family and an army of dogs.

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