Set in an elite suburban area of Mumbai, the book is a mystery thriller that captures the lives of socialites, businessmen, landowners, and celebrities.
Hawa Mahal is the name of an old building in Mumbai which is not just named after the real Hawa Mahal of Jaipur but is an imitation of it, no matter how vague and wretched.
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Yogesh Moolchandani, a notorious builder is killed on the spot when his Volkswagen Jetta, crashes head-on into a toll booth on the Bandra-Worli sea link. Some suspect it to be a suicide. But nothing in Yogesh’s life indicates so. As far as his present and future were concerned, everything looked promising and positively rosy.
Laura is a lucky woman. Blessed with a rich and luxurious life. Laura has a lot to thank for. A flourishing career, a hardworking husband, and a caring son, Daniel who loves her to the moon and back.
But all that changes when Daniel meets Cherry. Cherry is smart, vivacious, and gorgeous. She is also intelligent, hardworking, and a tad cunning.
Tanya Khanna, a drop-dead gorgeous supermodel with hazel eyes, high cheekbones, and a captivating personality, is found brutally murdered in her posh apartment. It seems like a perfect crime, for there are no clues, no security footage, no DNA evidence, and yet the apartment is fully bathed in blood and gore.
The Gangulys is a well-to-do business family residing in a palatial Calcutta bungalow where three generations live under a single roof. But all is not well in the Ganguly household, and this becomes clearly evident when one of their senior aunts is found murdered inside a locked room.
A few months ago, Charlie’s best friend was murdered by The Campus Killer. Now, she wants to leave the campus soon as possible, Charlie jumps when an opportunity presents itself in the form of this one guy, Josh Baxter. A stranger whom she meets by chance. But as Charlies begins her night-long ride with him, driving across hundreds of miles, her alarm bells start ringing.
Viraj and Jhanak plan to take a short weekend trip to the nearby town of Mansol in Himachal Pradesh. But something sinister lurks in the very villa that they have chosen for their getaway. Danger lurks around the corner and very soon their lives would never be the same.
Nine months ago, Alia’s daughter Siya, was taken away from her grandparents’ home.
After no development for weeks on end, the police decided to file the case as cold and even the Aroras gave up hope. Except for one person. Her mother Alia had never stopped looking, and now she wants Keshav to take up the case.
Komal Rathod has spent her entire life dreaming and working towards securing a position at the prestigious CBI. A hardworking and driven individual, she has an eye for detail and has specialized in the forensic sciences.
Upon her entry into the CBI as an intern, she chances upon some long-dead cold cases and uncovers their connection with a serial killer.
Pratik’s friend Jiah had a break-in at her house. Nothing was stolen, but her Kakudada Swadhin was brutally assaulted by the perpetrators. As a result of which, he is currently in a coma.
As Pratik starts to uncover some yet unknown facts about the mystery, the police have no choice but to involve him in their investigations.
As India is heading towards general elections of 2024, some are not happy and want to stop the Prime Minister at any cost. To thwart his dreams of winning a consecutive third term, they will go to any lengths. Even as far as assassinating him.
When Alice and Leo shift to London and move into a newly revamped house in a closed gated community, they feel happy and accomplished. It finally feels like their dream life.
But the neighborhood is not as open and friendly as it looks. There is some secret that everyone seems to be hiding. Soon she discovers a haunting detail about her current house, one that she cannot ignore.
It is the year 1998. Mid-July. Bombay is at its humid best. And as always, Inspector Shaktawat’s life is in a mess. A brutal and fearless cop killer is at play and the police have no idea whatsoever. As the public panic increases, there is an escalating amount of pressure from those at the top.
A killer is on the loose in the city of Dhan Nagari. The pressure is mounting on Yudhisthir Sanghvi to step down from the post of Chief Minister.
Somewhere in the same city, Sanjay Dhingra is aware of his eventual arrest. People are plotting against him.
Jennifer Barnes is a forty-eight-year-old woman who discovers that she has glioblastoma multiforme, an aggressive type of brain cancer that gives her only six weeks to live. But when she puts two and two together, she realizes that this cancer was given to her. Someone had planned to kill her.
At the very core of the book is the idea of keeping faith and the notion of being one’s beloved. It talks about loving someone wholeheartedly only to discover a completely different side to their personality that eventually comes as a shock.
A page-turner is an understatement for Together We were (W)hole. This thriller opens in an office cabin when it suddenly begins to rain cats and dogs. A major business deal is about to be signed but what pans out is corporate politics and mishandled secrets which the protagonist deals with wit and cool-headedness.
The characters don’t bleed all over each other nor do they suffocate or fight for space. They are just perfect. Making their own space and impression in the mind of the reader.