Based on true crime cases, these stories by well-known crime writer Sharmishtha Shenoy are a glimpse into the harrowing, tragic, and sometimes bizarre circumstances faced by the unfortunate victims. A six-year-old child is sexually abused by her tutor’s husband. The life of a 14-year-old orphan, who exhibits extraordinary potential and academic prowess, ends tragically due to an influential man, who, in the guise of being a benefactor of the orphanage, repeatedly rapes her. A 20-year-old woman is stalked and ultimately killed by a classmate whose advances she had dared to reject. A serial killer targets teenage girls on their way to, or back from, school. He kills three girls, young lives snuffed out like candles in the wind, before his nemesis catches up with him. A woman, accused of infertility and subjected to abuse at the hands of her husband and in laws, feigns pregnancy and attempts to abduct a newborn baby from a hospital in a desperate bid to save her marriage.
By:
Sharmishtha Shenoy Imprint: Rupa Publications India Pvt. Ltd Dimensions:
Height: 198mm,
Width: 129mm,
ISBN:9789370036949 ISBN 10: 9370036946 Pages: 224 Publication Date:17 May 2025 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Sharmishtha Shenoy is an accomplished author known for her contribution to crime fiction and mystery. She has authored the compelling true crime novel The Hyderabad Heist, published by Rupa Publications.