A NATIONAL BESTSELLER
Simone Singh is a feisty IPS officer who would rather spend her days locking up criminals than apologizing for her lack of social skills. Freshly back from an unjust suspension, Simone is forced to team up with DSP Zoya Bharucha, an empathetic officer who’s as loved in the police force as Simone is shunned.
Tasked with hunting the Doll Maker-who dresses up her victims as pretty Barbie dolls and displays them in glass cases-both must set aside their differences and work together as one team. But Simone and Zoya know that time is running out to piece together the clues as the Doll Maker has made it clear that she has just begun.
Riveting and relentlessly paced, The Girl in the Glass Case is a jaw-dropping, psychological crime thriller that will keep you guessing till the last page.
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‘Full of intriguing characters and sharp plot twists. A typical thriller makes you break into instant sweat and feel stalked. Sardana’s, for a change, makes you pause and mull over life’s gains and losses.’ The Hindu
Asha Devi is India’s youngest ever Prime Minister. She is twenty-nine years old, charismatic and driven. Elevated to power after the assassination of her father she must prove that she is more than just a dynast.
But within days of her swearing-in, things begin to go wrong. Terrorists take hundreds of people hostage at Delhi’s top mall. Her coalition partner turns on her. Her step-brothers resent her accession. And she is caught up in a ratings war between two of India’s top TV channels and their self-obsessed anchors.
As Asha struggles to retain her hold on power, defeat the terrorists, keep her family together, win over coalition partners and tackle the beast of 24×7 news TV, she never loses sight of one objective: She must track down the man who murdered her father.
Written in a cinematic, fast-moving style this book offers an insider’s view of how things move at the top echelons of government and gives us a rare peek into the underbelly of the TV news business. It also brings back Asha Devi, the much-admired heroine of Seema Goswami’s bestselling Race Course Road.
‘If I am here, in the flesh, then I am not here to forgive. I am here to conclude.’
Anirudh, the Kalki avatar, has been slain by the enemy. His allies swiftly regroup, not having the luxury to mourn the fallen hero. Bewildered at their loss, they look towards Avyay, who wields the mantle of the avatar now. Taking over the reins of the battle, the group faces the inevitable challenge as Ashwatthama fulfils his mission: resurrecting Kali, the Lord of Evil. Will the forces of Kalki be able to save the earth or will everything perish? With unforeseen surprises and events stretching across realms known and unknown, and across yugas present and past, this third instalment concludes the Kalki Chronicles with an ending that you never saw coming
A thrilling plotline and conclusion that will have the reader at the edge of their seat.
The final book in the three-part mythological saga: The Kalki Chronicles. For all Indian mythology fans and readers of the epics: the Mahabharata and the Ramayana.
A SPECIAL COLLECTOR’S ITEM WITH THE BEST OF THE TWO MOST-LOVED STORYTELLERS
This box set brings together for the first time two masters of storytelling, to offer readers the best variety of fiction in a single package! From humour to horror, romance to thriller, humour to sadness, and an entire spectrum of human emotions, these two books have it all. A perfect collection to adorn your shelf and to gift to loved ones.
The Best of Roald Dahl
A great selection of Dahl’s most-read stories from his bestsellers: Over to You, Someone Like You, Kiss Kiss and Switch Bitch. Hypnotized from the first sentence, you will remain spellbound as Roald Dahl unravels his fiendish fictions with their satisfying twist-in-the-tale finales, as he leads you through the dangers of gambling for high stakes over wine, the perils of being a vegetarian and the macabre consequences of a night-time seduction . . . This book is, quite simply, Roald Dahl at his sinister best.
The Best of Ruskin Bond
Experience the best of four decades of Ruskin Bond’s writing in one book. This consolidated anthology has selections from all of Ruskin’s major books and includes his classic novel, Delhi Is Not Far. Accompanied by an endearing collection of essays, beautiful excerpts from different stories, serene poems and short stories, this book finds a way to create a unique literary landscape.
Yogesh Moolchandani, a disreputable builder, is dead. All the signs say suicide but there was nothing wrong with his life. He had just cracked a deal and things were looking hale and hearty for him. He had recently even purchased an imported Volkswagen Jetta. CCTV footage from the night of his death shows him crashing into a toll booth at a speed of 180 km per hour on the Bandra-Worli Sea Link. The dealer he had purchased his car from had received five missed calls from him just five minutes prior to the time of the alleged crash.
On the same night, in another part of town, Pranav Paleja, a criminal lawyer who works at the law chamber-
Mangesh & Mangharam, tries his best to extricate his client-a troublesome drunk-from the clutches of the police. Although an upholder of the law himself, Paleja is pathologically incapable of following it in his day-to-day personal life. Since Pranav Paleja was settling a dispute with the man concerned only moments before the crash, the police land up at his doorstep.
As the authorities try to find out why Yogesh was calling his car dealer frantically, the plot begins to thicken.
Who, or rather what, killed Yogesh Moolchandani?
Pranav Paleja, a criminal lawyer who works at a legal Chamber-Mangesh & Mangharam. He’s an ordinary man with an ordinary life. And while it his job to uphold the law, he seems pathologically incapable of doing this in real life.
The mystery of this novel concerns an accident. We follow the investigation of a horrific car crash into a toll booth on the Bandra-Worli Sealink, and the ensuing death of the person driving, who turns out to be someone our protagonist Pranav Paleja had butted heads with; a disreputable builder by the name of Yogesh Moolchandani. All the signs say suicide but there was nothing even remotely wrong with his life. He had just cracked a deal and things were looking hale and hearty for him. He had even recently purchased an imported Volkswagen Jetta. The CCTV footage shows him crashing into the toll booth at a speed of 180 km per hour.
The car dealer he had purchased it from had received five missed calls from him just five minutes prior to the alleged time of the crash. The authorities begin to wonder why he was so frantically trying to get in touch with him and what on earth could have possibly transpired to cause this death? Since Pranav Paleja was settling a dispute with the man concerned only moments before the crash, the police land up at his doorstep. Who or more supposedly what killed Yogesh Moolchandani?
Ekantika Pakrashi has just lost the love of her life. Preliminary reports suggest it was no accident. Her boyfriend was murdered in cold blood and the modus operandi resembles that of India’s most notorious serial killer of the 1990s: the Cellotape Killer. He was never caught, and if this indeed was him, then he had resurfaced after twenty-one years.
Ekantika swears to find the killer and get an emotional closure, but what she doesn’t know is that in the process she may end up wounding herself irreversibly. Follow this exciting chase as the dark alley turns out to be a twisted labyrinth and it seems the killer is actually coming for . . . her.
Whisper To Me Your Lies is a fast-paced, chilling crime thriller and a poignant tale of a girl’s single-minded obsession to find out who altered her life. And why.
The story about a Naval Officer located in Pakistan during the 1965 Indo Pak war. The nerve wracking events that took place in Karachi, a brave and valiant attempt to extradite a wanted Diplomat and his family safely out of Pakistan. The consequences that played out as a result, at a great personal cost .
Prithvi, a twenty-one-year-old, is searching for a mysterious middle-aged aghori (Shiva devotee), Om Shastri, who was traced more than 200 years ago before he was captured and transported to a high-tech facility on an isolated Indian island. When the aghori was drugged and hypnotized for interrogation by a team of specialists, he claimed to have witnessed all four yugas (the epochs in Hinduism) and even participated in both Ramayana and Mahabharata. Om’s revelations of his incredible past that defied the nature of mortality left everyone baffled. The team also discovers that Om had been in search of the other immortals from every yuga. These bizarre secrets could shake up the ancient beliefs of the present and alter the course of the future. So who is Om Shastri? Why was he captured? Board the boat of Om Shastri’s secrets, Prithvi’s pursuit and adventures of other enigmatic immortals of Hindu mythology in this exciting and revealing journey.
When Charulata Srinivasan returns from the US to Mumbai following the unexpected death of her brother, Ravi, in an accident, she stumbles on something that suggests a more sinister game is in play.
With her suspicions that Ravi may have been murdered dismissed by the police, Charu has no choice but to turn to Ravi’s best friend, David, and retired-policeman-turned-detective Anand to help her piece together the truth.
A startling discovery brings to light an immaculate blackmailing scheme, not only placing Charu in grave danger but also forcing her to grapple with the terrifying possibility that her brother was not the honest, decent man she thought him to be.
Can Charu deal with the horrifying truth to unravel the twisted threads of a conspiracy that has left her brother . . . and others . . . dead?
Like the farside of the moon, everyone has a face that has never been seen.
Does Charu have it in her to find the other side?
Praise for Krishna Udayasankar‘s previous works:
‘Spectacular’-Sonam Kapoor for The Aryavarta Chronicles
‘A fast-paced book, full of intrigue and guile’-Sunday Tribune for The Aryavarta Chronicles
‘. . . a thrilling page-turner that keeps you hooked from the start’-The Hindu for Beast
