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Title - The Alphabet Killer Author - Prachi Sharma Genre - Fiction Publication - Half Baked Beans ISBN - 978-93-84315-535 The Alphabet Killer is a very good attempt by the author. The story is a crime thriller. I was on to the book with great expectation and the book had lived up to it. I must say honestly that I was expecting some turn around in the end when the suspense was revealed because if you pay proper attention to the story, you might end up getting the answer well before the story got concluded. Mia Santos, the protagonist heads The Feminist. She had a break up with her boy friend who owned the company. One fine day, Mia gets a threatening call asking her to confess about her past. When she turns deaf ear, she starts losing her colleagues one by one by way of brutal murders. Mia seeks the help of her friend Jolene who knew about her past and in the meanwhile Damien De Silva, CID Senior Inspector comes into the picture to investigate the case. At on...

Title - The Apocalypse Fire Author - Dominic Selwood Genre - Fiction Publisher - CORAX ISBN - 978-0-9926332-7-1 The book is a real bulky one. The story spans around 363 pages with 73 chapters but having said that I have no complaints or qualms about the volume. I infact felt sad when I finished reading it as I wanted this story to get dragged forever. I have something to pacify me though - Yes. The story is not complete yet :-) I missed reading the first part but I got to know that I need not have to worry about it as the Book 2 had its own story which would however be concluded in Book 3. What's the Plot? The story spans across various Nations and Continents including the US, UK, France, Germany, Italy,  Israel, Syria, Jerusalem, Russia, Switzerland etc., Oleg A Durov, an oil oligarch believed that The Holy Mother had chosen him? Why? Giovanni Raspallo was a Turin Cathedral caretaker and he gets brutally murdered and the Shroud which the cathe...

Title - STATE vs Amrit Kumar Author - Dr.Govind Sharma IAS(Retd) Genre - Fiction Publisher - NotionPress ISBN - 978-1946129765 A classic book on how honest officers gets framed despite their sincere attempt to clean up the system by eliminating the criminals. Dr Sharma has used all his experience having served the Indian Govt as a Civil Servant which is clearly evident in this book. The story begins with Madhu approaching Advocate Sukumar who has an impressive record of more than 95% success rate in his appearance to save his son Police Officer Amrit who has been fabricated in a case with false evidence. Adv Sukumar charged Rs,25 Lakhs per appearance which was too expensive for Madhu to bear but found the backing of an NGO based in Switzerland. A thorough investigation by Adv Sukumar reveals the background of Madhu who got married to Upendra despite defeating him in the college election. They gave birth to Amrit and when he was just 2 years old, Upendra gets f...

Title - Plot Engine Author - Ganga Bharani Vasudevan Editor - Dhivya Balaji Genre - Self Help/Creativity Publisher - Febbon Publishing House ISBN - 978-1-519-074515 This book is one of its kind. A well appreciated attempt by the author. Unlike other books, this is not the book about stories but makes you one of the potential authors. The book has 75 plots with 2-4 sub plots on each of them. The remaining 5 plots are left for the readers to fill up their own plot(s). If you are struggling either with making a plot or development from the plot that you have already conceived, you can use this book as a ready reckoner as it fine tunes your mind to think about it in various ways to develop your own story. Author has also announced a contest where you can get your story published. All you need to do is to click this link Good Luck to the readers and the aspiring authors :-) The book was released yesterday by the Director of the Movie Yaanum Theeyavan ...

Title - Private Delhi Authors - Ashwin Sanghi and James Patterson Genre - Fiction Publisher - Arrow Books ISBN - 978-1-784-75667-3 This is the second book in the Private series by the authors - Ashwin Sanghi and J ames Patterson . The first one is Private India . You can read the review of the first book Private India by clicking here The authors has yet again given us a fast paced thriller and I realised that I spent a bit of my time in completing all the 112 chapters in one go. I also found it real difficult to differentiate as to which chapters were penned by Ashwin Sanghi and James Patterson. The book is divided into 3 parts namely Killer, Deliverer and Martyr . Santhosh Wagh is the protagonist, If you have read the first book, you would have known by now. He is employed as Head of India Operations for a detective agency called PRIVATE whose boss is Jack Morgan. Santhosh is ably assisted by Nisha Gandhe who lost her husband recently and a single mot...

Its Vasant Panchami today, the day students seek the blessings of Goddess Saraswati. Interestingly, Sudha Murthy has always credited Goddess Saraswati as her inspiration to write.  Taking the stage at Crossword Bookstores, Turner Road, Bandra, she epitomises simplicity, purpose and energy. The endearing saree clad author, is eager to talk about  her new book, “ The Serpent’s Revenge: Unusual Tales from Mahabharata ”, a book that comprises  25 tales from The Mahabharata. In her charming introduction to the book, Murthy reiterates  that  'she was inspired her to write something  different from her previous versions of books ." ‘ If so, then why the Mahabharata, an oft told story? Murthy explained to a rapt audience, ­”­­­­­­­­­We know the  Mahabharata the story. I kept on removing the important topics.--in Mahabharata the yuddha (war) is common, Draupadi's swayamvar is common, her vastraharan is common. My focus was...

The Lions Club International's Centennial Celebrations happened on 26th January 2017 at Nandambakkam Trade Center. It was a special event for us as it is 100th Year in the first place and our club Centennial Heroes has also received the first award ever since it is formed. Remember, we are only 3 months old :-) I reached the venue along with my pal Ln Senthil Raj Babu and our club Secretary Ln Dr T Sekar. The event began with a Lions Centennial March Past. The Awards Ceremony took place between 2-4:30PM, post which we were served awesome high tea. Little did we knew that we are yet to witness the best. It all began after the awards with gala dance performances from India's Got Talent Winners and Participants like Saravana Dhanapal who kept us mesmerised with their performance. Singer Sreeram who is known for his penchant towards SPB sang few songs. Past District Governor's were honoured. The centre of attracti...