Today, it is my pleasure to reveal the cover for my blogging buddy, Damyanti Biswas’s debut crime novel, You Beneath Your Skin.

I’ve known Damyanti for several years now. She is the most generous, compassionate and supportive person I have met online. She comes across as a warm and intelligent woman with inner strength. If I were to describe her in one word, it’ll be… Inspiring! She writes about Writing, Social Justice, Travel, and Reading on her blog.

So, without further ado, let me share the details of her debut book…

Title: You Beneath Your Skin

Genre: Literary Crime

Publisher: Simon & Schuster India

COVER REVEAL

The red and black immediately captures nuances of an atmospheric crime story, and the face visible under the title makes you wonder who she is, and what her story might be.

FROM THE BLURB

Lies. Ambition. Family.

It’s a dark, smog-choked New  Delhi winter. Indian American single mother Anjali Morgan juggles her  job as a psychiatrist with caring for her autistic teenage son. She is  in a long-standing affair with ambitious Police Commissioner Jatin Bhatt  – an irresistible attraction that could destroy both their lives.

Jatin’s  home life is falling apart: his handsome and charming son is not all he  appears to be, and his wife has too much on her plate to pay attention  to either husband or son. But Jatin refuses to listen to anyone, not  even the sister to whom he is deeply attached.

Across  the city there is a crime spree: slum women found stuffed in trash bags,  faces and bodies disfigured by acid. And as events spiral out of  control Anjali is horrifyingly at the centre of it all.

In  a sordid world of poverty, misogyny, and political corruption, Jatin  must make some hard choices. But what he unearths is only the tip of the  iceberg. Together with Anjali he must confront old wounds and uncover  long-held secrets before it is too late.

Check out this book if you like pacy reads that also engage with various social issues.

Pre-order YOU BENEATH YOUR SKIN here.

MY REVIEW

I received an advance review copy. You Beneath Your Skin grabbed my attention like no other in the recent past. I just sat and turned page after page as the story gripped me from the word go.

The horror, the conflicts, the drama takes you on a dangerous and a thrilling ride. You Beneath Your Skin is a racy-pacy crime thriller with a plot that twists and turns like the alleys of the slums. It takes you into the dark underbelly of India where the poor are mere pawns in the deadly game of power, greed, lust and corruption. The plot is inspired from our real world where murders, misogyny, dog-eat-dog politics, personal prejudices, poverty, corruption and ambition are common and as a reader you can relate to it all. The characters are strong, well-etched and very real. The voice of the author is succinct and lucid and written in a no-nonsense manner. The dialogues are realistic and engaging.

You Beneath Your Skin is a compelling and credible crime thriller that is really hard to put down. Highly recommended. JUST GO FOR IT!!

Do you read crime novels? What do you think of the cover of You Beneath Your Skin?

Would you like to read You Beneath Your Skin, and make a pre-order?

For You Beneath Your Skin, all proceeds to the author would be divided between Chhanv Foundation and Project WHY.

To support the organisations, pre-order HERE.

Damyanti Biswas lives in Singapore, and works with Delhi’s underprivileged children as part of Project Why, a charity that promotes education and social enhancement in underprivileged communities. Her short stories have been published in magazines in the US, UK, and Asia, and she helps edit the Forge Literary Magazine. You can find her on her blog and twitter.