Shut the Lights: A Gripping and Addictive Suspense Novel about a Twisted Family and Terrible Secrets
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For this family, the lockdown came as a blessing.
On 24 March 2020, with merely a four-hour notice, the Indian government declared a three-week lockdown as a containment measure for COVID-19. In terms of scale and severity, this lockdown was unparalleled worldwide. However, quite unexpectedly, for a family of four, cooped up in a plush Mumbai apartment, it came as a blessing.
On the face of it, Suvini, Mridul, Damien, and Tara belonged to an upper-middle-class family, with its typical privileges and pressures. But inwardly, each of them held a dark secret that threatened to derail their very existence. And the shutting down of everything had given them the unique opportunity to get away with it.
Or not.
Inspired by actual events.
Readers of Herman Koch, Elizabeth Haynes, and Leila Slimani will enjoy the book.
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SMITA BHATTACHARYA is an author and management consultant from Mumbai. She writes atmospheric thrillers with strong female protagonists and unusual storylines. Smita is an avid traveller and blogger and has solo travelled to over 40 countries. She has worked in multiple jobs: as a banker, a television anchor, in a library, in a school, in a vineyard, in a tech start-up. She has too many stories to tell, and not enough time. Learn more about her: www.smitabhattacharya.com
