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Black River by Nilanjana Roy

'A riveting murder mystery. A psychological thriller. A magnificent work of literary fiction' KIRAN DESAI

'An elegy for India. It is gorgeously written, utterly devastating, and feels completely true' SONIA FALEIRO

A literary thriller of considerable acumen with a textured picture of a country' FINANCIAL TIMES, BEST NEW CRIME BOOKS

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IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO KILL A CHILD...

The Indian village of Teetarpur is a quiet, unremarkable place, until one of its children is found dead, hanging from the branch of a Jamun tree.

In the largely Hindu community, suspicion quickly falls on an itinerant Muslim man, Mansoor.

It's up to local policeman Sub-Inspector Ombir Singh to uncover the truth.

With only one assistant officer, and a single working revolver between them, can he bring justice to a grieving father and an angry village?or will the people of Teetarpur demand vengeance instead?

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'A riveting murder mysteryA psychological thriller. A magnificent work of literary fiction' - Kiran Desai

'An elegy for India. Gorgeously written, utterly devastating, and feels completely true' - Sonia Faleiro, author of 'The Girl'

'A thrilling and riveting crime noir, written tenderly and elegantly' - The Hindu

'This emotionally engaging novel, less a "whodunit" than a "whydunit" is remarkable for the interiority of its characters... The compulsive pull lies in the slow burn of a leisurely paced plot' - Frontline

'The soul of a river, poured into a saga of fatherhood and crime... The thrillerish pace is tight [but] the prose is immersive enough for one to want to savour' - The Deccan Chronicle

'A new writer to shout about... Roy brings rural India and Delhi to life as much as she does her characters... Riveting' -Observer


'A novel that is on the one hand a wholly satisfying murder mystery, but which also employs the village of Teetarpur as a kind of India-in-microcosm... A powerful, immersive and unsentimental novel of modern India, Black River establishes Nilanjana Roy as a crime novelist with which to be reckoned' -Irish Times


Nilanjana Roy is a Delhi-based journalist, literary critic, editor and author. She has written and reviewed for numerous publications including the Guardian, New York Times and Huffington Post, and has a weekly column in the Financial Times, and her novel The Wildings was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize. Black River is Nilanjana's debut thriller. It grew out of her years of reporting on gender from New Delhi and the surrounding states for the New York Times, and from exploring the capital and the Yamuna river on long walks.
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ISBN 13 9781782279433
ISBN 10 1782279431
Title Black River
Author Nilanjana Roy
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Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Pushkin Press
Year published 2023-06-01
Number of pages 368
Prizes Long-listed for Gold Dagger 2024 (UK)
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