Some mysteries begin with a dead body. Others begin with a whisper. Unicorns in the City by Deepti L. Sharma begins with something far more unsettling — a child’s quiet secret. While reading this book, I found myself smiling at the innocence of the moment and yet feeling a subtle unease creeping in. A little girl, Gullu, casually mentions that her best friend’s grandmother has been murdered. But when her mother, Karishma Singh, tries to know more, the conversation hits a
