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Perfect Happiness
You-Jeong Jeong
Penguin, pp 488, Rs 599
Yuna Shin is a dotting and charmingly beautiful woman, caring towards her family and prepares delicious dinner spreads. So, what happens when her daughter starts suspecting that bedtime stories will always come with disturbing dreams?
The Impossible Fortune
Richard Osman
Viking, pp 432, Rs 599
It’s been a quiet year for the Thursday Murder Club. But when Elizabeth meets a wedding guest who’s in trouble, kidnapping and death are hot on their heels once more.
The Court Of The Dead
Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro
Puffin, pp 448, Rs 699
A few months after returning from the depths of Tartarus, demigods Nico di Angelo and Will Solace agree to join Nico’s half-sister Hazel Levesque at Camp Jupiter. But a mysterious dark force is at work, and it plans to punish all monsters.
The Way Home
Shanta Gokhale
SpeakingTiger, pp 248, Rs 499
The author brings her sharp understanding of the human condition to this collection of her finest short fiction. A deep knowledge of, and a sympathy for the lives of ordinary women and men, permeate every word.
Stain
Sarah Joseph
Penguin, pp 400, Rs 400
This is a book that reimagines the biblical scape as a fantastical Levantine dreamscape where truths are unravelled and humanity is questioned.