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#BookReview: The Woman Who Saw The Future by Amit Sharma

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Title: The Woman Who Saw the Future  Author: Amit Sharma Publisher: Readomania Published on: 18th November 2017 Binding:  Paperback Pages: 276 ISBN:  9789385854552 BLURB Sapna Vaid has lived with a unique power for a decade; a power that turned her from a timid, wide-eyed, college-going girl into the most influential and powerful Goddess on Earth.Sapna can see the future and saves thousands of people around the world every year through her record-breaking, popular show ‘Lucky People’. The show had given Sapna’s life a meaning and gives her the courage to sleep every night, where death and blood await her in her dreams.  Even though the world is at her feet, the power costs Sapna her personal life. Broken relationships and separation from her son bring her unbearable pain. Her parents and the thousands of prayers that come her way every year are her only solace, her only reason to live. When a blinding hatred leads to a desperate act of revenge, a single misu

#BookReview: Murderous Greed by Arun K Nair

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Title: Murderous Greed Author: Arun K.Nair Published on: 27.10.2017 Publisher:  Notion Press Binding: Paperback Pages: 203 ISBN:  9781948096874 BLURB Early one morning in the township of Avadi, a woman who was on her way to attend a relative's wedding falls victim to a chain-snatcher and loses her life in the process. The very same morning, Karthik, an up and coming young businessman is found shot dead in his car in the middle of the road - the only witness to the incident being his employee Drishti who was in the car with him at the time. The responsibility of getting behind the root of both incidents falls on Inspector Satyajit, an intrepid and honest police officer, and his team who get cracking on both cases immediately. But as the investigation proceeds further, the incidents and the stories of those involved get increasingly confused and murkier. What illegal deals was Karthik involved in? Did these deals cause his untimely death? How is all this

#BookReview: Why So Twisted? by Vinayak Nadkarni

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Title: Why So Twisted? Author: Vinayak Nadkarni Publisher: Notion Press Published on: 09.08.2017 Binding: Paperback Pages: 168 ISBN:  9781947697850 It's Not Always About The First Impressions! BLURB Life is unexpected in every sense. We did not expect to be born and we do not expect to be able to predict the path our lives will take. That’s what makes it exciting. Why So Twisted is an anthology of 12 contemporary short stories which carry simple and enjoyable themes, but which all have an innate ability to excite and surprise the reader with the unpredictability of their ending. This anthology features the already popular story, “Flirting”, in which you will find a woman who nonchalantly flirts with many men, while “The Pursuit” follows a man who is destined to become a top photographer whereas “Crossing The Line” introduces you to the internal struggle of a married man who is about to hook up. But nothing is as straight as it looks because it's

#BookReview: Austenistan edited by Laaleen Sukhera

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Title: Austenistan Edited by: Laleen Sukhera  Publisher: Bloomsbury Binding: Paperback Pages: 180 ISBN: 9789386950260 BLURB Heiress and society doyenne Kamila Mughal is humiliated when her brother’s best friend snubs her to marry a social climbing nobody from Islamabad. Jamila Baig’s cold, unenterprising husband hasn’t planned for the future and all she can think about is how to find suitable husbands for her daughters. Roya discovers that her fiancé has been cheating on her and ends up on a blind date on her wedding day. Beautiful young widow Saira has mourned her husband but feels she may finally be reading to start following her own desires. COVER PAGE  The cover page of Austenistan is very attractive blue in colour with the name of the book written in shocking pink colour. The cover page has an image of a girl wearing goggles having image of monuments of Pakistan and is holding a cup in hand on which the editor name is written. Overall, the c