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Book review : Scarred Roses


 Book review :

Scarred Roses is a riveting thriller that captivates from the very first page. The story revolves around Raksha and Shakti, two teenage sisters who travel to the ancient city of Jodhpur with their aunt and foster grandpa to receive their mother's bequest. 


But the time they reach Jodhpur  , the city is dealing with a string of serial killings in which murderer scatters damaged flowers around the victims. The killings are assumed to be done by a ghost or spirit that died a few centuries ago. These murders put all people in a fear that is hard to comprehend. 


Slowly Rak-Shak discover their mothers diary , the information it leads them to a path towards vulnerable secrets or mysteries that had been hidden from decades. These girls dare to fight this evil killer and solve this baffling circumstances turn by turn while travelling back in time . The only thing that they rely on is total trust on their mother's  diary. 


They gradually find out about Paswan Gulab Rai , a concubine and about to become a queen a few centuries ago. People ought to believe that Gulab Rai is killing people. But is that true ? Is it really the ghost killing people?? Will Raksha and Shakti be able to find out the mystery behind?


The author has well penned the culture and the old sculptures of city in an adroit manner. The storyline is weaved with lot of thrill and riveting plot that the reader gets hooked up from the start till the end. The language is simple and easily comprehendable. 


I liked reading this book and would recommend this riveting read to all.

Happy Reading!


Blurb:

The sweet fragrance of roses. The dark shadow of death.

Teenage sisters Raksha and Shakti (Rak-Shak) arrive at the historical city of Jodhpur with their aunt and foster grandfather to receive their late mother’s bequeathment. But the timing of their visit couldn’t have been worse as the city is grappling with a spate of serial murders where the killer leaves behind mutilated roses around the victims. The ghost of a formidable and wronged concubine who lived more than two centuries ago is rumoured to be the perpetrator of the murders and the rumours are further given wind by reports of spectral sightings, along with an inexplicable fragrance of roses and the humming of an old classical song.
Raksha and Shakti receive their mother’s journal and its contents set them upon a trail that leads them to explosive secrets that were buried centuries ago. They lose their grandfather to the diabolical killer and with their own lives and the life of their beloved aunt at stake; the girls will have to unravel the mystery page-by-page, going back in time while racing against it.
In the backdrop of the old city of Jodhpur with its rich history, stepped-wells, grand palaces, and hidden passages, and with nothing but their mother’s journal and their own wit to rely upon, will Rak-Shak be able to battle their own demons and save their family and the entire city from the clutches of this terrifying killer or will they end up with scarred roses of their own?


Buy link :

Amazon.com https://www.amazon.in/dp/B0BHRHXJG4?psc=1&ref_=cm_sw_r_apann_ts_11MEVA7KD72F11FBR8T8



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