The Mysterious Mr. Quin by Agatha Christie is a collection of 12 short stories. These stories feature the characters of Mr. Harley Quin and Mr. Satterthwaite. Both of these characters try to solve different mysteries in a logical and clever manner. While Mr. Quin plays a major part in solving these mysteries, Mr. Satterthwaite plays a … Continue reading
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The Disappearance of Tejas Sharma and Other Hauntings
After hearing a lot of admiration about The Disappearance of Tejas Sharma and Other Hauntings by Manish Mahajan, I finally got a chance to read this book. The book is a collection of 12 short stories having an element of supernatural in each of these. The plot of each story is different and there is … Continue reading
‘The Labours of Hercules’ by Agatha Christie
The Labours of Hercules by Agatha Christie is a collection of 12 short stories. You can also term these short stories as 12 mini-mysteries. These mini-mysteries feature Hercule Poirot (the Belgian detective). As the title of the book suggests, these stories relate to the mythological stories of powerful demi-god – Hercules. However, the connection is … Continue reading
Book Review: ‘Black, Grey & White’ by Santosh Avvannavar and Santosh I. Biradhar
My Rating*** ‘Black, Grey and White’ by Santosh Avvannavar and Santosh I. Biradar is a compilation of five short stories, which attempt to create awareness about HIV positive people. While no other disease has attracted as much attention as AIDS, basic knowledge about HIV/AIDS is still lacking among people. At the same time, this deadly … Continue reading
Book Review: Footprints by Chandan Kumar Pathak
My Rating** ‘The book does not leave any prints, neither on your heart nor on your mind’ Chandan Kumar Pathak’s ‘Footprints’ is a collection of 18 pieces of writings. Most of these pieces are very short. Some of these are fictions and some are real life incidents of author himself. According to the author, real … Continue reading
The Book of Confessions
My Rating*** “A confession prior to these confessions – these confessions aren’t all that juicy” ‘Confessions of an MBA and Other Stories’ is a collection of eight short stories written by Vinod Kaul. This is his first book. The title of this book not only refers to the first story in this collection but also … Continue reading
Craftswoman of Beautiful Short Stories: Interview with Margaret Lynette Sharp
Margaret Lynette Sharp joins ‘The Bibulous Bibliobiuli’ today to talk about herself and her writing. She is an Australian author who spent her early years in an inner city suburb of Sydney, moving with her family to a leafy, outer suburb at the age of ten. Shortly after the death of her elderly mother whom … Continue reading