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Book Title : Betrayals and Paybacks Author : Sana Shetty ISBN : 988193379165 Publisher : Write India Publishers Genre : Murder Mystery / Suspense Thriller Publication : 2017 Pages : 210 Format : Paperback BOOK BLURB: How far would you go to protect your loved one? Would you even condone murder?  Eight years ago Vedant Birajdar fled Tamara, a small nondescript village on the banks of the river Kaveri, after a wild night out with his best friend Jay Varma, turned disastrous. Now he is back and Jay is dead, Misha , the love of his life is engaged to another man and his older brother, Tarun , is missing. All he is left with is a strange message Jay leaves on his answering machine, before his death.  Misha does not believe her brother, Jay, committed suicide. Yet, she has no reason to believe otherwise. Not until Vedant turns up at her doorstep, bleeding and seeking her help. Together they have to figure out what really happened and...

Book Title : We Have Always Lived In The Castle Author : Shirley Jackson Genre : Mystery, Thriller ISBN : 9780141927558 Publisher : Penguin Modern Classics Publication : October 2009 Pages : 160 Binding : Kindle Edition Plot : Merricat Blackwood lives on the family estate with her sister Constance and her Uncle Julian. Not long ago there were seven Blackwoods—until a fatal dose of arsenic found its way into the sugar bowl one terrible night. Acquitted of the murders, Constance has returned home, where Merricat protects her from the curiosity and hostility of the villagers. Their days pass in happy isolation until cousin Charles appears. Only Merricat can see the danger, and she must act swiftly to keep Constance from his grasp . My Rating : 2.5 ☆'s Review : If you had been following my instagram account, you would know that this book was part of our first read along in the "Booktroverts Girl Gang". We picked up the book, for ...

Book Title : The Girl In The Spider's Web Author : David Lagercrantz Genre : Crime (Murder) Mystery / Suspense Thriller ISBN : 9780857053503 Publisher : Maclehose Press Publication : 2015 Pages : 437 Binding : Paperback PopSugar Reading Challenge 2016 : 1/(40+1)《a book translated to English》 Goodreads Challenge : 1/40 Plot : Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist return She is the girl with the dragon tattoo - a genius hacker and uncompromising misfit. He is a crusading journalist whose championing of the truth often brings him to the brink of prosecution. Late one night, Blomkvist receives a phone call from a source claiming to have information vital to the United States. The source has been in contact with a young female superhacker - a hacker resembling someone Blomkvist knows all too well. The implications are staggering. Blomkvist, in desperate need of a scoop for Millennium, turns to Salander for help. She, as usual, has her own ...

Book Title : The Girl On The Train Author : Paula Hawkins Genre : Murder Mystery ISBN : 9780857522320 Publisher : Random House Publication  Publication : 2015 Pages : 324 Binding : Paperback PopSugar Reading Challenge 2016 : 2/(40+1)《a murder mystery-》 Goodreads 2016 Reading Challenge : 2/40 Plot : Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning. Every day she rattles down the track, flashes past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stops at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple breakfasting on their deck. She’s even started to feel like she knows them. “Jess and Jason,” she calls them. Their life—as she sees it—is perfect. Not unlike the life she recently lost.  And then she sees something shocking. It’s only a minute until the train moves on, but it’s enough. Now everything’s changed. Unable to keep it to herself, Rachel offers what she knows to the police, and becomes inextricably entwined in what happens next,...

Book Title : Make Me  Author : Lee Child Genre : Suspense Thriller  ISBN : 9780857502896 Publisher : Bantam Press Publication : 2015 Pages : 492 Binding : Paperback Plot : “Why is this town called Mother’s Rest?” That’s all Reacher wants to know. But no one will tell him. It’s a tiny place hidden in a thousand square miles of wheat fields, with a railroad stop, and sullen and watchful people, and a worried woman named Michelle Chang, who mistakes him for someone else: her missing partner in a private investigation she thinks must have started small and then turned lethal.  Reacher has no particular place to go, and all the time in the world to get there, and there’s something about Chang . . . so he teams up with her and starts to ask around. He thinks: How bad can this thing be? But before long he’s plunged into a desperate race through LA, Chicago, Phoenix, and San Francisco, and through the hidden parts of the internet, up against thugs a...

Book Title : 61 Hours Author : Lee Child Genre : Suspense Thriller ISBN : 9780553825565 Publisher : Random House  Publication : 2010 Pages : 492 Binding : Paperback Plot : HOUR SIXTY-ONE  Icy winter in South Dakota. A bus skids and crashes in a gathering storm. On the back seat: Jack Reacher, hitching a ride to nowhere. A life without baggage has many advantages. And disadvantages too, like facing the arctic cold without a coat. HOUR THIRTY-ONE  A small town is threatened by sinister forces. One brave woman is standing up for justice.If she's going to live to testify, she'll need help from a man like Reacher. Because there's a killer coming for her. HOUR ZERO Has Reacher finally met his match? He doesn't want to put the world to rights. He just doesn't like people who put it to wrongs. My Rating : ☆☆☆☆ Review : Jack Reacher is the modern times hero, a believable hero at that - not Uber rich, nor drop dead gorgeous ...