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Mayur Didolkar
Wealth manager by profession, runner by passion and author by persistence Mayur began writing at age 12, he switched to English fiction in late teens and for about 10 years spent time writing , reading and throwing what he wrote in shredder. Then Kumbhpur Rising happened.. now Mayur spends his spare time in training for marathons, writing and offending people through his Facebook posts.
By mayur didolkar
A BAD PLACE
When the twin disasters of their tenant’s suicide and a financial setback strike on the same day, Aniket and Suchitra “Su” Shah are forced to move into the suicide house along with their five-year-old daughter Reva. But Row-house no 49 is no ordinary house. Su soon realizes that the suicide of her tenant was a mere harbinger of the imminent evil. Who are the young mother and baby Su keeps seeing in the bedroom where her tenant killed herself? And why does the mother; an obvious victim of domestic abuse, insists on telling Su “he says he loves us”?
Other Books
The Reunion
A beautiful young athlete goes camping in Pune and ends up dead. Her rich industrialist mentor hires a super-smart private detective, Prasanna Killedar, to investigate. Who would want to beat a young girl to death? In this fast-paced whodunit, evidence can lie and everyone has something to hide.
Kumbhpur Rising
Welcome to Kumbhpur…a small picture postcard scenic tourist spot in rural konkan, Maharashtra. Other than its beautiful beach and the breathtaking temple, Kumbhpur is known only for one thing- a mass genocide that took place here in a political conflict twenty years back, an event that is now alive only in the courtrooms of Mumbai and in the minds of a few people…
But things are about to change this weekend, the ghosts of the bloody past have come back to haunt Kumbhpur and its population, and for a group of troubled tourists, for a serial killer on run , for a pair of cops hunting the killer and for a fugitive retired solider the battle of their life is about to commence.. …
If you thought politics makes strange bedfellows, wait till you see the kind of alliances the need to survive can form
Nagin
A woman is stalked by a man she rejects. A housewife discovers a plot to kill her husband. A blind young girl is chased by an underworld gang. But these are no ordinary women. Some of them aren’t even women. This is a spooky, modern take on the ichhadhari nagin legend. You have been warned.
The Dark Road
A beautiful young athlete goes camping in Pune and ends up dead. Her rich industrialist mentor hires a super-smart private detective, Prasanna Killedar, to investigate. Who would want to beat a young girl to death? In this fast-paced whodunit, evidence can lie and everyone has something to hide.
Riveting tale. Kept me awake through the middle of the night and kept me guessing till the end! Nice to see a female detective with her head in her place. The political commentary was skilfully woven without tampering with the pace. That is something rare among the novelists of today. Wish we get to read more of Prasanna Killedar and more by Mayur Didolkar.
– Saiswaroopa
“The Dark Road”, by Mayuresh Didolkar is a captivating murder mystery. It is a well-constructed plot with balanced humor. The story of the victim Sanjyot is heart-breaking. She is the embodiment of the struggles of a teenager. The protagonist Prasanna is a fascinating character. I would love to read more mysteries solved by her.
The unweaving of this murder mystery will keep you glued. I think this story is definitely a movie material.
I hope Mayuresh will come up with many more thriller stories like this.
‘Nagin’ was an entertaining read from start to finish. The stories are mysteries woven around shape-shifters and if you like reading about supernatural beings then you wouldn’t be disappointed.
The only thing that i didn’t like was the title. I didn’t think it suited the collection. It deserved something better.
– Vikas Nainwal
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