The black and white color palette is the first clever indication of presenting things in stark contrasts, even though there is a vast difference in what has been presented and what your eyes are seeing. This deceitfulness is the real crux of this popular Netflix series, so it remains faithful to the main theme of […]
Lorna has lot on her plate as she is looking forward to closing an important sales deal on behalf of her employer. This sales deal is not only critical from her employment perspective but also essential from her personal point of view. Since so much is riding on back of this deal, Lorna is ignoring […]
The novel opens with the murder of Luke Whitney who has been stabbed to death by his wife Anna. She herself confesses the crime as soon as she gets arrested and she is ready to go to jail for the unplanned murder of her husband. She gets arrested by the police on the spot as […]
Chloe Taylor has the world at her feet, as she is successfully helming a prestigious magazine called The Real Thing as its editor-in-chief. She is fully supported by her best mentor/boss, Catherine Lancaster, who has developed friendly relations with her favorite protégée over the years. Chloe is also supported by her husband, Adam Macintosh, and […]
If you are a fan of Freida McFadden’s writing or even if you have read any of her earlier works, you know that she is the master of locked-room-mystery genre. She is one of the few authors who likes to build a nail-biting suspense with a limited number of characters based in and around one […]
This was such a breezy and fresh reading experience. Agreed that the main characters and story deal with dark themes like domestic violence, substance abuse issues, and homelessness, but it doesn’t become too overwhelming thanks to the author’s writing style. She displays her understanding about such serious issues and experiences. The story revolves around two […]
This is my second book in as many months that presents same narrative from two narrators’ perspectives. As they try to piece together the same puzzle in their own unique ways, somewhere in the story both narratives collide so that a wholesome coherent truth can emerge. The Water Lies is no exception to this and […]
Based on the same name by Matthew Quirk, this series revolves around the story of FBI’s top-secret program called the Night Action. It’s a literal underground program designed to manage Night Agent who are specialized and trained to carry out high level espionage while keeping their identities hidden. Their job is to be as clandestine […]
In a seemingly laid-back community of Sycamore Glen, two women-Sloane Thompson and Clara Gartner, tell a story. A story about a teenager called Margaret who is connected to both of them through their children. Margaret works as a part time babysitter for Sloane’s daughter Daisy who is suffering from poor health since childhood and requires […]
The Cass family has everything that a seemingly normal upper middle class family aspires and requires. This family unit is made up of Dad-Jason, Mom-Erica, daughter- Hannah and son- Liam. They are living a hum drum life in a township on Long Island. There are no evident tensions or struggles on the surface of this […]
