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About the Book:  The Case of Black Magic Murders in Mumbai is the second book written by the author, the first being ‘ I Shall Always Love You ’ . It is a story about the abduction of a 17 year old girl named Pari by an aghori in the city of Mumbai. The main character of the story is a crime investigation officer named Tanvi Yadav who takes upon herself to solve the case and find Pari, dead or alive. The story connects further to a number of killings and abductions taking place in a particular pattern by the tantriks and aghoris in and around the areas of Mumbai. It is revealed that the aghori who is believed to have abducted Pari had died in prison custody three years before. The story moves further and involves a number of plot lines and characters. Another twist in the story occurs when a secret ‘burqa killer’ is involved in killing all the criminals in Mumbai in order to take revenge without revealing her identity. The story ends on a note when the group of aghoris abdu

About the Author:  Nithya Sashi is an author and book reviewer from Chennai who has written two romance titles and several short stories. One of her short stories, Kalyani was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Award for the year 2018. Once Upon A Reunion is her third fiction novel. About the Book:  Once Upon A Reunion is the story of Nirmala, a woman living in Chennai with her husband Sreenu and working for an IT company. She is also the narrator of the story. The story revolves around a school reunion which Nirmala isn’t sure of attending since she is still not over her ex-lover from college, Suresh whom she dated more than a decade ago. All this leads to a heating argument between Nirmala and her husband but eventually gets resolved. The twist in the story comes when this tragic love story converts into a murder mystery and Suresh is found dead at the reunion. The mystery gets resolved eventually and the murderer is discovered. The story ends again on a

About the Author:  Aranghya and Jahar is the first published novel of the author Vidhya Iyer who discovered her joy and passion for writing when she first wrote an abstract on life by the seashore. Her work has been featured on the winners’ page of Zero Flash Fiction (June 2018) and her recently published short story ‘ Nine Lives ’ on the Juggernaut platform was picked up as the ‘Editor’s choice of the week’. She is currently working on the second part of The Bandahar Series which I believe is definitely going to be as great as the first part! About the Book:  Aranghya and Jahar is the first part of the fantasy series known as The Bandahar series. The story revolves around the empire of Bandahar which consists of seven kingdoms, Aranghya being the capital of Bandahar. Jahar has been described as an island in the centre of the river Veerini which is connected to the boundaries of Bandahar. The story consists of a number of characters, places and plots and ther

It happens a number of times with me and I guess it happens with almost every reader that we start reading a book but we are never able to finish it because of one or the other reason. This is something which has happened with me a huge number of times. Maybe I lose interest in the book, maybe the book is very depressing, etc. are some of the reasons why I generally give up on a book. Though I try never to leave books in the middle, but sometimes it becomes really difficult to get through with the whole book. So here is a list of books (as far as I can remember) which I started reading but never finished. The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand:  So as everyone knows, this book is a famous classic and I started reading it last year. But it was only halfway through the book that I realised that I won’t be able to read it anymore. The book is too philosophical which is something I don’t prefer reading. I found it to be really slow and too philosophical which doesn’t match my ta