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 seems to have a clear understanding of these critical topics and how to present […]
Kathy Watson’s debut novel, Orphans of the Living, is a poignant and expansive historical fiction that traces the fractured journey of the Stovall family across early 20th-century America. Set against the backdrop of the Great Depression, Jim Crow-era Mississippi, and the evolving landscape of California, the novel explores themes of poverty, racial injustice, familial estrangement, and […]
What happens when you combine a romantic fiction with a political non-fiction? The answer is The Parisian by Isabella Hammad. It’s a vivid combination of romantic saga, historical fiction, domestic thriller, and political non-fiction. At times it works, but other times it doesn’t; thus, the author’s seminal work fails to present a cohesive picture. At […]
This is my second book in as many months that presents same narrative from two narrators’ perspective. 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 […]
