Bad Liars
Author:
Vikrant KhannaPublisher:
Penguin IndiaLanguage:
EnglishCategory:
Crime-thriller-mystery3 Reviews
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When the dead body of a famous fund manager, Anant Kapoor, is found in his house, it isn’t hard for the police to pin the murder on his wife. She has no alibi, and she is the direct beneficiary of his death. But when the police look deeper, they discover two more suspects just as likely to commit the crime.
With no sound motive and contradictory statements from the three suspects, the police must dig deeper into their history, and what they find is rather chilling and perplexing at the same time.
Who killed Anant, and more importantly, why?
ISBN: 9780143459132
Pages: 280
Avg Reading Time: 9 hrs
Age: 18+
Country of Origin: India
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- Description: I AM A PROFESSIONAL. Expert. Lover. Daughter. Friend. Listener. Worker. Pleasure is my business. This diary is my truth. It's soaked in my blood and sweat. Nina, based in Goa, values her freedom and her loved ones more than anything else. Most men love to talk to her about their fears, passions, dark secrets, pain, grief and suffering. Like a seasoned therapist she holds on to their dark secrets while counselling them and mothering them. A young IPS Officer, the daring encounter specialist, haunted by her mother’s gruesome murder and the obsession to solve it finds solace in Nina. A most wanted killer for hire, secretly in love with a girl, seeks Nina's help and advice for his love life and romance. A mentally challenge boy discovering his sexuality finds guidance and a friend for life in Nina. Three young fanatic students blinded by fundamentalism, and dogma, find their life upside down as Nina opens their eyes to the many possibilities of life. A serial killer targets young girls in Goa. The police are under immense pressure to solve the case and they turn the mentally challenged boy into a scapegoat, the serial killer. Nina takes it upon herself to prove that the boy is innocent. To prove his innocence she will have to catch the serial killer. She teams up with her group of friends and goes on the wildest and the most dangerous chase of her life. She will have to make her way through Russian mafia, drug traffickers and arms dealers to solve the riddle and nab the psychopath. WARNING: This diary will capture your heart and blow your mind. Twisty. Sublime. Original. Hypnotic. Un-settling. Prepare to be obsessed.
On Ills and Crime
- Author Name:
Shridhar Naik
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- Description: Minor boys sexually exploited. Youth fired by unrealistic idealism. Misguided youth ending up as terrorists. The elderly abandoned by their children. Politicians exploiting tragedies for their own selfish ends. Children failing parental ambitions. Self-destruction; a brilliant editor dies in oblivion. Each of these common issues and many more find expression in this collection of absorbing stories which speak of the ills that plague the society�the ugly truth of the everyday citizen; the elephant in the room.
Dhaai Chal
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Naveen Chaudhary
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- Description: सत्ता की हिस्सेदारी के लिए कुछ तबकों के बीच ठनी वर्चस्व की लड़ाई, जिनकी तरफ देश की आम जनता बड़ी उम्मीदों से ताकती रहती है। एक बलात्कार को राजनीति की बिसात बना देने वालों की कहानी, जिनसे लोग न्याय के लिए साथ की अपेक्षा रखते हैं। धर्म, जाति, मीडिया और राजनीति के नेक्सस की एक ऐसी आपराधिक कथा जो किसी काल्पनिक या दूर की दुनिया की बात नहीं; बल्कि हमारे आसपास रोज़ घट रही घटनाओं का कच्चा चिट्ठा है। छल-प्रपंच और निजी सम्बन्धों के भीतर चल रहे राजनीतिक समीकरणों की एक ऐसी कथा जो चौंकाती तो है, लेकिन बेभरोसे की नहीं लगती। ‘ढाई चाल’ उपन्यास इस समय की राजनीति की रोमांचक कथा है। राजनीति जो घर और रिश्तों में जड़ें पसार चुकी है, राजनीति जो हमारे समय का सबसे बड़ा मनोरंजन है, राजनीति जो कि अब थ्रिलर है। यही कारण है साजिश और सस्पेंस—किताब के आख़िरी पन्ने तक पाठक को साथ बनाए रखते हैं।
Detective Pranav
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Anupama K Benachinamardi
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- Description: Detective Pranav is a story about a young boy filled with imagination who often finds himself in trouble. Join him as he navigates through his investigation to prove his innocence and get to the bottom of mischief he is not guilty of!
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