Tears and Laughter

Genre: Poetry
Writer: Khalil Gibran

There is nothing to be said about the book or author. Words seem hollow to explain the powerful thoughts that he pens. And ironically he does it thru words. Maybe my words could never do justice to anything written by him.

The seventh secret

Writer: Irving Wallace
Genre: Fiction

Built on top of Hitler and Eva surviving WW2 and going underground to recreate their own world, the book is a real good fiction read. 

The Second Lady

Writer: Irving Wallace
Genre: Fiction

An old book re read after years and was still intriguing.

The Russians replace the first lady, Billie Bradford, on her maiden visit to Russia with her double, Vera. The story is built on this crux but its the climax of the book that I had loved then and adored again now.

The Fire Witness

Lars Kepler
Genre: Fiction

The second third book in joona linna series makes for a good read.

The Sandman

Author: Lars Kepler
Genre: Fiction/Thriller

The fourth book in the Joona Linna book series.  

The book is awesome to the word. A serial killer with a brilliant mind and a reason for his gruesome and sadistic acts. The pace is deadly and melodramatic at times but it sure is a page turner.

The climax is a total clincher.

The Hypnotist

Author: Lars Kepler ()
Genre: Fiction/Thriller

The first book in the Joona Linna book series.  

Starts off on a promising note. The first set of murders and the background kind of shakes you up. The writing here is brilliant. To solve the murder mystery detective Linna takes the help of the hypnotist Dr. Erik Maria Bark. The hympotist probes the lone survivor and the outcome is deadly ...in the literal sense. The gruesome murders mystery unravels, but life takes a turn for Dr.Bark who now has to save his son too.

The book has a fantastic start and crisp narration but it climaxes in a mediocre way.

Journey under the midnight sun

Author: Keigo Higashino
Genre: Fiction

A pawnshop owner is found murdered in an abandoned building. The primary suspects die - one in an accident and another in an attempted suicide. As the trail goes cold detective Sasagaki is sure that something obvious is missing. He tracks the various characters over a span of two decades and unravels the story that all began with a simple murder.

The narration skips years without ever explicitly mentioning so and sometimes its only towards the end of a few paragraphs that I would realize the passing of time. I found that style interesting.

And the story is good too. Not at par with Devotion of Suspect X but definitely better than many other fiction titles.

The girl on the train

Writer: Paula Hawkins
Genre: Fiction/Thriller

Rachel travels by train and watched Jess and Jason everyday. She builds up an imaginary tale about the couple she watches everyday but what happens when she becomes a part of their real life?

The climax is worth the read and I liked the way the writer has woven the whole story. Definitely recommended!

Chasing Tomorrow

Writer:Tilly Bagshawe 
Genre: Fiction


Extending the famous 'If tomorrow comes' storyline after Tracy and Jeff get married. Picked it up because i am a Tracy Whitney loyal. But the sequel doesn't really have a USP. It's just another fiction book.

  

7 Secrets of the Goddess

Writer: Devdutt Pattanaik
Fiction: Mythology