From the Darkness

Author: Abhishek Ray
Publisher: Tara Art Press
(Pp 184, ISBN 978-81-8386-136-6, Rs 299)

Set in Kolkata, the book revolves around an old woman’s murder that has left everybody baffled. There is a tribal who has run away from prison to the jungles of Sunderbans, back to his tribe, to correct the mistake they made. A teenager, who loves to get high on marijuana, can see dead people. His mother, a middle-aged woman has a secret, which she wants to forget but her son is bringing all old memories back. The destinies of all these four people bring them together.

It is a dark thriller but an intriguing one. Though the author has left many questions unanswered, probably for the sequel, the book does make an impression on the minds of the reader.