Books by Nilanjana Roy

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Black River

by Nilanjana Roy

☆ Shortlisted for the 2024 CWA Gold Dagger

The Black River by Nilanjana Roy is set in a village near Delhi, where a young girl is murdered after she witnesses something she shouldn't. It's a beautiful story of her father, a widower, and the friends he made before she was born, as well as how he copes after she's murdered.

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