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The Story of My Assassins

The Story of My Assassins

Author(s): Tarun J Tejpal

Location(s): India

Genre(s): Thriller

Era(s): Modern

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A sweeping saga of modern India, The Story of My Assassins is gripping from its first sentence: The morning I learnt I d been shot I was sitting in my office on the second floor looking out the big glass window…

Based on actual events, it tells the story of a journalist who learns that the police have captured five hitmen on their way to kill him. Landing like a bombshell on his comfortable life, just as he s started a steamy affair with a brilliant woman, the news prompts him to launch an urgent investigation into the lives of his would-be murderers a ragtag group of street thugs and village waifs and their mastermind. Who wanted him dead, and why?

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Tarun J Tejpal captures the realities of contemporary Indian life with a journalist’s eye in this well-crafted crime novel (Guardian) Part thriller and part erotic romance, full of dark humour and taut suspense, The...

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