For two decades, the three survivors have lived down a mysterious disappearance near the forests of Udaipur. They are now a bestselling author, an undiplomatic diplomat, and the wife of the Indian cricket captain. When a funeral reunites them in Colombo, a journalist starts digging into their buried past and asks the one question they can’t answer: What happened to the fourth girl?
They discover that some ghosts refuse to stay dead. The reckoning they’ve always feared has finally arrived.
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“Arefa knows how to pin you down with a fast-moving tale about turn-of-the-century Udaipur.”
- Pradip KrishenFilmmaker, Author and Environmentalist
“Lyrical, intriguing and wickedly plotted. Once in, don’t stop.”
- Paro Anand, author
“Sharp, sensory, and morally alive.”
- Pramudith D. Rupasinghe, Laureate of the Golden Aster Prize for Global Literature
“Blazingly unique… Hashtag enthralling!”
- Mrinalini Harchandrai, poet and novelist
“Tearing apart facades while retaining her quick humour, whimsical wordplay and sharp observation… Arefa doesn’t disappoint.
- Shreekumar Varma, author, playwright, columnis
“Intriguing characters, scintillating prose…Tehsin’s expert storytelling will keep you glued to the page from beginning to end.”
- Deepa Agarwal, Author and Poet
“Travels and travails intersect in this elegant cocktail of social manners, mysterious twists and a keen sense of sights and sounds, written in a breezy style that mixes commercial fiction with literary charm.”
- Madhavan Narayan, Journalist and Senior Editor
“Another Arefa Adventure, with all her signature characters: trackers, foresters, the Aravallis, rest house verandahs, buzzards… and a narrative that’s a rapid page-turner.”
- Zai Whitaker, Author & Co-Founder – Madras Crocodile Bank
“This is a delicious novel in every sense of the word: rich, intoxicating and impossible to put down… A magnificent, emotionally resonant page-turner that lingers long after the mystery is solved.”
- Michiel Baas, Author and Literature Festival Director
“A tension-soaked triumph… Both haunting and brilliant, I found it impossible to put down.”
- Somnath Batabyal, Investigative Journalist and Novelist
“Arefa Tehsin takes you on a hair-raising ride, from the jungles of smart Colombo to the forts of Udaipur and back, in this page-turner of a thriller. Buckle up tight!”
- Ashok Ferrey, author of Hot Butter Cuttlefish
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