Book name : Murder at moonlight cafe & other stories
Author name : Ishavasyam Dash
Publisher : Notion press
Book pages : 179
Format : Paperback
Description : Omprakash and Dilip, police officers and best buddies, are catching up at one of Manali’s poshest bars, when a most unsettling murder is committed right under their noses…
Called upon by the gods to aid them in a losing battle, Parvati creates the immensely powerful Kali—but can she save herself from the hell she has unleashed in her own marriage?
A strange spectral presence haunts a man day and night, eating away years from his life, until he takes part in an unorthodox ritual and comes face-to-face with his tormentor…
Meet Mariam—a gentle, unassuming woman in her late fifties with a strange hobby—gatecrashing funerals…
By turns delightful, morbid and whimsical, this is a collection of eleven tales that will transport you to the myriad worlds of magic realism and murder, mythology and horror, millennial mania and post-modern angst. Made-to-order for those with a taste for inventive idiosyncrasy, this book promises to provoke and entertain in equal measure.
Book review : As a lover of short stories this read made me soo happy. As we say “Variety is the spice of life” same goes for this book too.
A book that has different genres with beautiful stories together. It has a collection of 11 short stories that vary from thriller, mythological, suspense etc. First we will start with the cover I am not a fan of this cover to be honest but neither do I dislike it.
Next comes the writing, the author has a charm to her writing. Her writing style is unique and that is the reason it keeps the reader engaged throughout. The characters are very well developed. I liked the story Murder at the moonlight cafe, the boy whose hair grew and grew. But other stories are also really very good.
Definitely do try even if you have just started with reading go ahead with this book because you will get to read different genre so it will be easy for you to kind off choose which genre you prefer the most.
Overall rating : ⭐⭐⭐⭐
About the author : Ishavasyam took a sabbatical from her career in marketing to fulfil her childhood dream of writing a book. Besides weaving tall tales, she loves playing board games and belly dancing. She is a hoarder of art supplies, and has an alarming number of incomplete DIY projects. Ishavasyam lives with her husband, whom she adores to bits, to the point where she may soon give in to his incessant plea to get a dog.
Thank you @the_alpha_infuencers and Devanshi for the review copy.
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