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01 April, 2019

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Krishna Udayasankar

Udayasankar’s new novel, a fantasy thriller set in Mumbai, follows a policewoman who is attempting to get to the bottom of a triple homicide when she stumbles across a pack of werelions. She has to join forces with other characters to hunt down the murderer and take on these supernatural creatures, and they embark on a dangerous journey that takes them through suburbs and colonial tunnels inside the city.

Penguin, 288 pages, Rs 399

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