A darkly lyrical and slyly ambiguous account of love, loss and fury.
When Gautam Dogra is found murdered in his study one afternoon in the small hill station of Brooks Town, the police dismiss it as a relatively simple case. But Charlotte Hyde knows well that a murder never happens in a day – it follows its own timeline. As Kerketta, Charlotte’s old retainer, always said, a murder is written into your life at the very beginning.
As Charlotte begins telling the story of Dogra’s death, it soon becomes clear that his story can only be fully understood in the light of many other stories. Of her estranged daughter, Maddy, of the political climes in which they lived. Of lost hopes and lost loves, of small humiliations and disillusionments and, above all, of the slow incitement to violence that the terror of loss brings into quiet lives.
Anu Kumar is the author of more than 30 books for children. She has immersed herself in history for most of her life, having studied the subject in college and later at university. Besides writing for children, she also writes historical fiction for older readers, under the pseudonym Adity Kay. Her non-fiction articles are published regularly on Scroll.in.Anu lives in New Jersey, USA, with her family, and loves visiting museums and going on long hikes.
Anu Kumar
Anu Kumar
Anu Kumar
Anu Kumar
Anu Kumar
Anu Kumar
Anu Kumar
Anu Kumar
Anu Kumar