There is something deeply unsettling about a dead police officer hanging from a tree at a Delhi crossroads. Not just because it is murder, but because of who the victim is. A person who is supposed to represent the law has now become a message from someone who clearly has no respect for it. And then there is the symbol. The mark of Lady Justice on the dead officer’s neck. That is where Rihan Khalyani’s An Uncaught Criminal grabs your attention. Not with a long explanati

There is a strange comfort in detective fiction. A crime happens. Someone investigates. Truth emerges. Justice, more often than not, follows. The Menon Investigation reminded me that real life rarely offers that comfort. And perhaps that's exactly what Saharu Nusaiba Kannanari wanted me to realize. At first, I thought I was picking up another police procedural. An old murder. A senior police officer. A cold case waiting to be solved. The familiar ingredi

Most people are fascinated by warriors until they have to live beside one. We admire courage from a distance. We celebrate those who survive impossible battles. Yet history, literature, and everyday life repeatedly reveal an uncomfortable truth: the skills that help someone survive violence rarely disappear when the war ends. The battlefield may be left behind, but the battlefield often refuses to leave the person. That tension sits at the heart of The Mercenary’s Shadow,

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