10 BEST THRILLER NOVELS BY INDIAN AUTHORS OF 2023
Tired of romance novels? No worries, to satisfy the devil lurking inside you and fill your book shelf, we have some nail biting thriller recommendations by Indian authors released on 2023. Grab yourself a coffee and copy of these books to sense an uneasiness while reading.
- THE HIGHWAY MURDERS by Sourabh Mukherjee
- COLD BLOODED LOVE by Giris Dutt Shukla
- UNTIL I FIND YOU by Kanchana Banerjee
- THE KIDNEY SCAM by Kiran Nirman
- THE KAMIN'S DAUGHTER by Nithya Sashi
- I HEAR YOU by Nidhi Upadhyay
- QUEEN AND KING by Nandini Gupta
- THE KID KILLER by salil Desai
- THE GIRL IN THE HOUSE by Harshvardhan Rao
- TIES OF BLOOD by Niti Kewalramani
THE HIGHWAY MURDERS
Author: Sourabh Mukherjee
Publisher: Srishti Publishers & Distributors
This novel based on the gruesome rapist and serial killer J.Shankar who committed 30 rapes, 15 murders and escaped two times from jail. The story follows as a lady constable goes missing and month later found raped and dead on the highway of Tamilnadu. His terror prevails in the neighbour states of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. The cruel crimes and details of the novel could easily grab faint hearted readers by throat. With a dedicated police officer, the hunt of cat and mouse begins after his greatest prison break. The narratives show the extremity of crime and dreadful pain which will keep you up for many nights. It’s an absolute read for crime thriller lovers as the original tale of criminal casts a heinous spell.
COLD BLOODED LOVE
Author: Girish Dutt Shukla
Publisher: Rupa Publications India
A psychological thrilling tale of the protagonist, a designer, Ziva, begins as she left behind her husband and Mumbai to Delhi, only to escape her toxic life. Her grief is deepened by next door couple Aadit and Ovya, a complete opposite relationship of Ziva’s. This mythically perfected relationship steers direction as she collects notes concerning the harmful persona of Aadit. As their relationship becomes quarrelsome, one night Ziva witnesses a scream of Ovya and the next day her life takes turns as she entangled with a murder next door and missing of Ovya. How the dead, Saachi is related to both Aadit and Ovya? Why Ovya’s missing? Did she murder Saachi? Answer all your questions by experiencing this unsettling tale.
UNTIL I FIND YOU
Author : Girish Dutt Shukla
Publisher : Om Books International
Aftermaths of a mass suicide, decades after her desperate attempt of failure to save her friend and infant, Jenny, the protagonist witnesses a kid in a magazine resembling her friend. That leads to her a village Bannod in Rajasthan where Virat, a local police officer discovered a chopped leg of a woman he once met, Sejal. As the mass suicide committer Visesh, blends in the village, Jenny and Virat team up to reveal the jaw dropping truth and recover the boy who now lives with Vishes. The story inspired by the mass suicide in 1978. Kanchana’s skills as a wordsmith reflects on the details and narrative. This is a must read for those who love to read a thriller.
THE KIDNEY SCAM
Publisher: Srishti Publishers & Distributors
An exhilarating eye opening crime that revealed hideous side of human organ traffickers of India. The story based on a real life incident when three medical scholars cross path with a rickshaw puller who happens to have a freshly wounded cut in his body. Courageously three students tries to unveil the culprits behind the monstrous organ trafficking amidst of threats to their family they converse with professors and seek help of politicians. Defying failure, the three students decide to consult the help of an advocate to unmask the truth to the world. If you are a crime thriller enthusiast then this book serves the purpose.
THE KAMIN'S DAUGHTER
Author : Nithya Sashi
Publisher: Vishwakarma Publishers
As the title suggests “The kamin’s daughter” meaning the coal miner’s daughter. It begins with Koena Mahapatra, a journalist in one of the big tv news of India needs to investigate the two incidents. One bomb blast in Chirmiri coal mines deceasing many and other blast inside the CM’s house in Delhi. As the narration builds, she ponders the truth of her famous chef husband related to the incidents but her traumatised past related to the mines comes in play. To answer her questions about the two incidents she tags along with her colleague Sagar to find the truth. The research and detailing depicts the devastated life inside coal mine and the suspense grips the reader exactly when needed.
I HEAR YOU
Author : Nidhi Upadhyay
Publisher: Penguin eBurry Press
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In an abusive marriage with a perfectionist geneticist husband Shivam, the protagonist Mahika had many miscarriages. While she conceives a boy, Shivam’s madness to achieve a perfect child directs him into altering the genetics of foetus thus creating a perfect child named Rudra. Six months into her pregnancy, she receives a mysterious information about this husband’s insanity. Soon confined in her own house by his husband, as like every other mother in this world, she confesses the truth of the marriage and her lives to her unborn child. But soon she discovers her unborn baby has some sorts of powers and responds to her. What happens next her unborn child try to free his mother from the reins of his father? This sci-fi thriller keeps you at the edge of the seat.
QUEEN AND KING
Author : Nandini Gupta
Publisher: Embassy Books
Baffled by her past the queen of the story, Avanti has faced her own share of struggle by moping houses, dealing poverty and her trauma. As she stumbles upon her dream prince, Dhairya, their chemistry blossoms. Dhairya had faced his own childhood trauma too, but their marriage became worth it all. Tearing apart between their past and poverty they welcome a son into this world. Soon after Dhairya’s behaviours take turns and sweeps the earth under her feet. To which extend a mother will go to save his kid and to silence the demon that causing havoc?
THE KID KILLER
Author : Salil Desai
Publisher: Fingerprint Publishing
Adding another whodunit crime thriller to the list, as the story begins with a eleven year old Pranjal found deceased with signs of sexual assault or a case of paedophilia. Bringing us into the Inspector Saralkar universe of mystery, one ransom call has been made after his missing. Suspicion revolves around familiar persons around the family in the story as the Bhatti’s feuds are quite evident in the society. Author drives reader through with chilling experiences and brutal crime scenes related to this paedophilic case.
THE GIRL IN THE HOUSE
Author: Harshvardhan Rao
Publisher: Srishti publishers & Distributors
This psychological thriller unpacks the series of mystery when a forthcoming journalist, Aditi wants to pen an article about an abandoned house which the localities believe, is bewitched. In her quest to the mysterious house, she appoints two photographers Ratna and Ravi. Despite the fear of paranormal activities, due to lack of work they profoundly agree for the job and Ravi slips out of fear just to fall in love with Aditi. As Aditi’s troubled past caught with her, the signs of paranormal presence heightens. Is there a paranormal force in the house? Or Aditi’s behaviour reflected her past? Discover this thriller with a feel of horror, grief and friendship.
TIES OF BLOOD
Author : Niti Kewalramani
Publisher: Srishti Publishers &Distributors
Astonished by the death of the heir,Surya jain to the billionaire family of Mumbai’s JAINs. After his declaration to the throne, the man who produced the most appealing chocolate of SGI Industries, lies on the floor of the death. The wealthy and pretending to be perfect family’s secrets and scandal unfolds as the police inspector Hasan dives deeper into the investigation. When another murder occurs, Hasan suspects the possible rivalries involved in the murder and the family too. The secrets deepen as the story follows, leaving a lump in the throat to whodunit thriller.
Let us know! Which are your favourite thriller pick of this year?
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