Shylashri Shankar
Striking the right balance between suspense and complexity
The thriller Girl A chronicles the aftermath of horrors and the resilience of teenagers. Abigail Dean talks to Nandini Nair about her bestselling debut
Sonia Faleiro’s true crime reads like a thriller and tells of north India’s many faultlines
Lawrence Wright’s new thriller shows with chilling prescience how the world will reckon with a pandemic
Deepa Anappara’s debut novel, set in a slum in metropolitan India, has the pace of a thriller and the heart of a children’s tale