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Madwoman
Chelsea Bieker
HarperCollins, pp 336, Rs 499
To the outside world, Clove has it all. But then a letter arrives from a women’s prison in California — a letter that threatens to expose the secrets of a past she has worked so hard to hide.
The Last Great Plague
Natasha Sarkar
OUP, pp 257, Rs 4,999
Plague has attained pandemic proportions on three occasions in recorded history. It is within the context of the third, modern pandemic that this book unfolds: an outbreak which took over 12 million lives in India alone.
Glimmers
Cailin Hargreaves
Penguin, pp 200, Rs 414
This is a guide to finding joy in the everyday. This heartfelt collection of poems and illustrations illuminates the small yet powerful moments that spark happiness and gratitude.
Chicanery
Timeri N Murari
Niyogi, pp 327, Rs 695
After 20 years in exile, David Richelieu returns to his homeland where an execution warrant awaits him for unspecified crimes. At the border, the AI cameras identify him as the ex-Prime Minister, and he is arrested right there...
Astro Chimp
David Walliams
HarperCollins, pp 223, Rs 699
Nasa’s scientists thought he’d be the perfect chimp to send into space. Little did Chump know that he had been selected for a deadly and dangerous mission.