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Vikram Oberoi is found dead in his penthouse. A few hours ago, his involvement in a sex scandal in NexGen Technologies made headlines across the world. Who is behind the sinister conspiracy that destroyed Vikram Oberoi, the philandering India Head of NexGen? Rivals within and outside the firm? One of his many jilted lovers or the miffed wife? A mysterious conspirator laying out honey traps to sabotage his plans? Or, is it the ghost of a sinful past that continues to haunt the Oberois? The Sinners is a fast-paced thriller with a shocking twist that unravels against the backdrop of corporate warfare, illicit relationships and ruthless seduction games.
A woman relishes the last cries of her husband on the phone as he is brutally murdered by her lover. A teenager poisons her family for the love of her tutor. A woman driven by greed ruthlessly bludgeons eight members of her family. A beautician gangs up with her lover to rob a house, killing innocent women from three generations of a family. A practising lawyer strangles her lawyer husband with the cord of a mobile charger. A friendly and jovial teacher commits at least six murders over fourteen years in a sleepy town down south. DEATH SERVED COLD is a painstakingly researched collection of true, blood-curdling accounts of gruesome murders committed by India’s most dangerous women over the last three decades. These stories explore the dark recesses of the female psyche and challenge popular stereotypes by revealing shocking excesses of sadism and aggression rarely associated with women.
Popular singer Debolina Mukherjee is found dead in her bungalow, due to an overdose of sedatives. In the same room is a stranger’s body, shot in the head. As ACP Agni Mitra starts investigating, he meets the key players - an ageing hitman, a crafty real estate tycoon, a ruthless high-society woman and a reclusive police official who was thrown out of the force. Who was the dead man in Debolina’s room? Did the two victims fall prey to ghosts from their past lives? Are these deaths related to a decade-old shootout mystery which Agni must solve? The Trail of Blood is a nerve-wracking journey into the uncharted depths of the human mind where greed, obsession and insecurities unleash the demons inside.
Bollywood and Cricket, the two religions that unite Indians across the globe. When they come together, the attraction is magnetic. Through the years, heroes on the field have been bowled over by silver screen goddesses. Some of them broke conventions and defied societal norms. Love Beyond 22 Yards is a collection of immortal, true love stories between cricketers and Bollywood divas, who dared to fight against the world for their love.
In August 2009, a thirty-nine-year-old policewoman went missing in Tamil Nadu. A month later, her heavily decomposed body was discovered in a drain by a graveyard. She had been brutally violated and killed. As the investigation started, the police detected a pattern in more than a dozen unsolved rape-and-murder cases with mutilated bodies of women turning up in graveyards, drains and empty fields along the highways. It didn’t take the police too long to find out that the perpetrator was a trucker named M Jaishankar. What followed was a cat-and-mouse game across states, many more gruesome killings, one of the most sensational jailbreaks in the history of the country, and a controversial suicide in a high security cell. The Highway Murders is the breathtaking true story of 'Psycho Shankar', one of India's most notorious serial killers, and one policeman's relentless decade-long battle against the 'terror of the highways'.
Who killed Tollywood heart-throb Hiya Sen? Within days of her fairy-tale wedding to real estate tycoon Manav Chauhan, Hiya Sen – the reigning queen of Tollywood – is brutally gangraped and murdered, and Manav is grievously injured on their way home after partying late into the night. ACP Agni Mitra is assigned to the case, owing to his keen eye for detail and past success in important cases. His investigation leads him to an eclectic mix of suspects – the three cronies of a contract killer who are charged with the crime; Manav's ex-fiancée and her father; an alcoholic male model and TV star; an ageing Tollywood diva past her prime; and a maverick fashion designer. When two more murders make headlines, Agni must race against time to unveil the dark secrets behind the limelight. Inspired by true events, The Web of Lies breezes through Kolkata's glamourous world of business, movies and fashion, laced with drug addiction, homosexuality and illicit liaisons.
Sheetal Mehra, HR executive with Crescent Technologies, is found murdered in the toilet of a Kolkata hotel after an office party. ACP Agni Mitra finds out about her adulterous ways as he starts investigating into the murder. The miffed husband, a lecherous boss, one of her many jilted admirers – anyone could have killed her. The investigation is stuck in myriad perplexing questions when the murder of Meenakshi Menon, a Director with Altius Finance, hits the headlines. As more murders rock the city, it is not too long before the battle of wits with his unseen adversary turns personal for Agni. A ruthless killer walking the rain-washed streets of Kolkata. A detective battling storms brewing in his private life. Human relations infested with deceit. A generation struggling to cope with fast-changing ambitions and desires. In the Shadows of Death is a gripping page-turner with a heart-rending emotional core.
Vikram Oberoi is found dead in his penthouse. A few hours ago, his involvement in a sex scandal in NexGen Technologies made headlines across the world. Who is behind the sinister conspiracy that destroyed Vikram Oberoi, the philandering India Head of NexGen? Rivals within and outside the firm? One of his many jilted lovers or the miffed wife? A mysterious conspirator laying out honey traps to sabotage his plans? Or, is it the ghost of a sinful past that continues to haunt the Oberois? Sinners is a fast-paced thriller with a shocking twist that unravels against the backdrop of corporate warfare, illicit relationships and ruthless seduction games.
Micky is a precocious six-year-old urban child who has to go and stay at Aunt Maggie's farm when his parents leave for a place called “abroad”. While playing with his iPad, Micky stumbles upon a magic app that reveals a fascinating magic world to him. As Oink and Grunt, the two magic pigs, show him around the magic world, Micky decides that this is where his heart belongs. Meanwhile, at Aunt Maggie's place, Sarah, his cousin, is in deep trouble. Micky resolves to help her with the help of his magic friends. However, he soon finds that to bail Sarah out, he must embark on a fascinating treasure hunt. Will Micky find the treasure? Will he be able to help Sarah out? Is there yet another twist in the tale?
Chandralekha Mukherjee, once the heartthrob of Tollywood, is shot dead on stage by a co-actor. ACP Agastya Purakayastha’s investigation reveals several possibilities. Chandralekha was the face of an artistes’ movement against a production house which has monopolized the entertainment industry in Bengal. She was at the centre of a feud with the family of her father’s business partner. Her animosity with an upcoming starlet, who was also the reason why her ex-lover had dumped her, was well-known. She was hated by the physically challenged widow of the director who had launched her and then got into a passionate relationship with her about a decade ago. Agastya finds out that Chandralekha was linked to three mysterious deaths that happened at different times and different places over the last fifteen years. The secret behind Chandralekha’s murder was to be found in the dark recesses of her past. Death of the Diva unravels the darkness behind the limelight as it breezes through Kolkata’s glamourous and convoluted worlds of business, politics and entertainment.