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Dead to Them Kindle Edition

by Smita Bhattacharya (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.1 out of 5 stars 79 ratings
Moira Madhwa is a typical young, beautiful and successful urban woman—until the day she goes missing. Her friends start looking for her but quickly realise nothing is as it seems. Moira has kept devastating secrets that could wreck their lives, if revealed. As days roll by, one by one, skeletons tumble out of closets, and each of Moira's friends appear guilty. But did one among them hate her enough to do the worst?

A nail-biting, psychological suspense-thriller, Dead to Them weaves a web of deception, lies, and paranoia in the city of Mumbai, where every face hides a dark story, and uncovering it can lead to disastrous consequences.
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    262 pages
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    December 30, 2021
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Praise for Dead to Them:
  • "Thriller fans who delight in psychological depth are in for a treat. Dead to Them is feisty, fast-paced, unpredictable, and filled with satisfyingly unexpected twists of plot. It is psychological thriller writing at its best." -- D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review
  • "...there is no denying the brilliance in it." -- Bookgeeks
  • "An exciting thriller. An author to watch out for." -- Shuchi Singh Kalra, bestselling author of I am Big. So What!? and A Cage of Desires.
  • "The author gives you questions, and she does it in such a way that you end up mentally begging for the answers." --The Book Piper
  • "Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant thriller!" -- Bewitching Words
  • "Nail-biting suspense thriller." -- Sarath Babu, top 500 Amazon reviewer
  • "Story of the book is woven so nicely that it kept me hooked till the end." -- PS_Reviews

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09PHS22JH
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ TreeShade Books
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 30, 2021
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2.1 MB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 262 pages
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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    4.1 out of 5 stars 79 ratings

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Smita Bhattacharya

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SMITA BHATTACHARYA writes atmospheric, cosy, and psychological mystery fiction. Strong female protagonists and twisty whodunits are her forte. Her psychological thriller novel—Dead to Them—was amongst the top Crime, Thriller & Mystery books of Amazon India in 2022. It has been optioned for a movie. She has also authored a popular amateur detective series—the Darya Nandkarni Misadventure Series. The first of the series—Kiss of Salt—is in talks to be optioned.

Smita lives in Mumbai but has travelled solo to over 60 countries. Her stories are heavily inspired by her travels and by those she meets. She has worked in a vineyard, a newsroom, a school, a library, a bank, an advisory firm, and a technology start-up. Learn more about her on her website of the same name.

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  • Yogesh Yeeshu
    4.0 out of 5 stars Thrilling read
    Reviewed in India on February 23, 2022
    Format: KindleVerified Purchase
    Everyone of us has secrets which we even hide from ourselves. Those are dark secrets which are better to remain hidden forever. Because if it comes out it is going to change the our and the life of people around us. And the end result can be devastating.
    This book take us on the journey of a beautiful young girl who went missing one without any clue.
    A search is on for her but as the things proceeds the secrets and lies are on the verge to come out.
    Do pick this book up to explore more into it.
    Book is written in coherent language. It is narrated in steady pace and characters were well developed who drives the plot smoothly.
    Storyline is engaging with full of twists n turns mysteries and suspenseful parts which keeps the reader hook till the end.
    As the plot keeps moving forward the anticipation to know how things will be ending is what keeps you at the edge.
    Overall it's a nail biting and hair pulling thriller mystery.
    Title and the cover completely go with the story.
    Recommended to everyone who are into this genre.
    Happy reading!
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  • Ketaki18
    5.0 out of 5 stars A gripping novel
    Reviewed in India on February 27, 2022
    Format: KindleVerified Purchase
    Dead to them

    Author - Smita Bhattacharya
    Language - English
    Genre - Suspense Thriller
    Publisher - Treeshade books

    About the book

    Moira Madhwa is a typical young, beautiful and successful urban woman—until the day she goes missing. Her friends start looking for her but quickly realise nothing is as it seems. Moira has kept devastating secrets that could wreck their lives, if revealed. As days roll by, one by one, skeletons tumble out of closets, and each of Moira's friends appear guilty. But did one among them hate her enough to do the worst?

    A nail-biting, psychological suspense-thriller, Dead to Them weaves a web of deception, lies, and paranoia in the city of Mumbai, where every face hides a dark story, and uncovering it can lead to disastrous consequences.

    About the author

    SMITA BHATTACHARYA writes atmospheric cosy and psychological mystery fiction. She is also a management consultant, coffee lover, and gipsy-in-her-head. She lives in Mumbai but has solo travelled to 40+ countries and thus, her stories are heavily inspired by her travels and by those she meets.

    Smita has six published books and counting. She has worked in a vineyard, in a newsroom, in a school, in a library, in a bank, in an audit firm. She has too many stories to tell and not enough time.

    Smita thrives on crime and coffee. Though she prefers cafés, she occasionally also hangs as @smitabe on Twitter and Instagram. You can read her colourful travel and life stories at www.smitabhattacharya.com.

    My take:

    This is a mysterious story that keeps you intrigued right from the first chapter.

    Moira, a beautiful, young independant woman goes missing one fine day. Everyone is worried, her colleagues, her boss, her friends. Each begins their search for her in their own ways.

    But as the story progresses, we get to know that everything is not as simple as it looks. Each person is hiding a dark secret. And Moira's disappearance threatens to bring all secrets out in the open.

    The cliche is that this is not the first time that Moira is absconding. So people are skeptical whether this is the repeat of the last time, or if it's more serious than it seems.

    Neither is Moira what she appears to be. As layers and layers of mysteries are uncovered the story keeps taking new turns.

    The language is lucid and easy flowing. All characters are well formed and stay true to their self. We can empathise with each characters POV as we read the story.

    The suspense is held on till the very end, and reader is kept guessing and double guessing till the very end.

    The cover page is nicely designed and reaches out to the reader to pick it up.

    I rate it five stars.
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  • Ananya Shukla
    4.0 out of 5 stars Worth reading !!
    Reviewed in India on March 30, 2022
    Format: KindleVerified Purchase
    Some books leave you with utmost thrill to experience .
    Dead to Them can prove to be a thrilling experience for the readers because of its storyline.
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    The story starts with Moira , who is a young , working lady gets lost suddenly without any proper evidence left behind. Misha being a good friend of her tried several times to reach out to her but failed . Misha was a married woman and going to be a mother soon. As the things got opened , Misha got to know from Moira 's colleagues that this is not the very first time she has flew away without any prior information but she used to always return after a week or ten . But this time there were no signs of her returning.
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    As the story reaches to its end , we can see the true life of a Mumbai City where people don't know what is happening in their next doors. The friends of Moira started doubting each other . Moira 's life story can be seen with lots of heartbreaks and desire to find a soulmate for herself.
    •••
    The storyline presented in the novel is filled with thrill and suspense. Till the end of the novel the author has not left the thrill . The language is lucid and the story is large and maybe odds at time but overall can be read to have a thrilling experience.
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  • Parvin Sultana
    5.0 out of 5 stars An interesting thriller
    Reviewed in India on February 19, 2022
    Format: KindleVerified Purchase
    I like thrillers and mystery as a genre. And discovering new authors is exciting. A good thriller not only keeps the readers glued to the story but also tells much more than a crime committed and solved. And this is exactly what Dead to them by Smita Bhattacharya does.

    The story begins with the disappearance of Moira working in Brevity. Smart, successful Moira whose career was a cause of envy is suddenly untraceable. Her friends, colleagues have no clue.

    But should they panic? What if she just had a breakdown like last time? What if she will be back and make them all look like fools? As the story unfolds, the facade falls out. Moira’s life was not what it seemed. Beneath the calm was a storm raging. And as her friends start facing these aspects of her life, many kept secrets tumble out.

    An interesting page turner with very humane characters. Many of us will relate with the women in the story and the crisis that they face. Recommended if you enjoy multi layered stories.
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  • Anushka
    3.0 out of 5 stars Decent thriller for once a read.
    Reviewed in India on February 26, 2022
    Format: KindleVerified Purchase
    I love whodunit hunt thrillers, keeping you on edge, guessing & contemplating.

    In 'Dead to Them', Smita Bhattacharya built a world of lies, deception & betrayal.

    Set against the hustle & bustle of Mumbai city, Moira, a consultant from an MNC goes missing without a trace & it's upto her friends to find the missing pieces of the puzzle of Moria's life and find her whereabouts. But the truth is far fetched than what meets the eyes & the secrets that surrounds Moira could destroy the lives of the ones around her too.

    So what happened to Moira? Who was responsible for her disappearance?

    The narrative shifts between the past & the present. The past narrated from Moira's POV & the present from a 3rd POV.

    It's a gripping tale, with finger pointing towards every single person around Moira's life, even the closest of her friends.

    But what didn't work out for me was the length of the chapters. I liked reading about the past & the brainstorming over present scenario but the editing could've been more crisp. A finer editing could've made this a thriller that keeps you on edge.

    I was irritated with the behaviour of the characters but I won't deny the fact that people like them exist around us.

    The ending though is a big 👍. I was guessing upon it after a few chapters but still the revelation was good.

    While reading this, I was reminded of the Hollywood series 'Pretty Little Liars'. (Have you watched it?)

    Overall, it was a decent read & I'm looking forward to reading more of Smita Bhattacharya's works.

    If you are someone new to the genre, this book would be an easy read for you & I think you'll enjoy it.

    And thriller lovers, do we need any more reason than the mere fact that it's a thriller on radar?!

    TW: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Depression
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