Saturday 29 July 2023

The Mysterious Basement of Summer City - An Excerpt

  Dear friends,

                                                                                


                                                                                         
Monsoon is the best season to lose yourself in a nail-biting, suspenseful whodunit; snuggling on your couch, with a delicious sandwich and steaming cup of coffee; for company!

The Mysterious Basement of Summer City is a prize-winning, thrilling whodunit (my debut novel!) that will keep you on the edge of your seat right till the very end!

A Kindle Countdown Deal will be on from 28th July, 2023 to 4th August, 2023 for my e-book titled The Mysterious Basement of Summer City. It will be available at a whopping discount of 76% for $ 0.99 only!

Hurry! Don't miss this golden opportunity to read my debut, prize-winning novel. It was adjudged as the second prize-winner in a novel-writing contest organized by Vishwakarma Publications, Pune.

This novel has received a 5 star rating at Amazon.in. Here's the link:

The Mysterious Basement of Summer City: Enter at your own risk! Kindle Edition


Top review from India

Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 8 July 2023
Kindly peruse it and let me have your invaluable feedback! You could even peruse my other 16 e-books and paperback novels and provide your invaluable feedback online at www.amazon.com. Happy reading!

Thanks in anticipation.

Priya Ramesh Swaminathan

                       


                                                                 AN EXCERPT

         He knew what she meant.  Soon they were speeding towards ‘Summer City’.  As they rode, Maya asked Inspector Karanth about how he had known that she’d be outside the hospital, just then!  He told her that he was patrolling the streets outside the hospital for the past week, and just had a hunch that she would try to make an attempt to investigate that night.

        “Smart chap,” she told him happily.  She felt light-hearted and strong.  Somehow, Inspector Karanth’s strong presence and matter-of-fact demeanor gave her moral strength.  She had come to trust him and had even forgiven him for his ‘lapse’ on that 1st day at ‘Summer City’.  It was 2 weeks since that incident.   She had been for a week in that hospital.  She only hoped that she’d find some evidence at least that night.

        Guessing her thoughts, Inspector Karanth cautioned her saying “To tell you the truth, Madam, I just hope that you’d change your mind, just this once.  At least for me!”  Immediately he corrected himself, “I mean, I’d hate to see such a capable and efficient cop losing her life, even if it’s in the line of her duty.  It just isn’t worth it! ”

                                                       END OF EXCERPT

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Tuesday 25 July 2023

My 26th book - When Chikoo Was Very Bitter...

Dear friends,                       

This is my 26th book and 1st children's book. Hope you purchase and read it. And also like it! Do post your invaluable reviews online.
more are in store, so hop on to the bandwagon of limitless fun...

Priya                         Here's the link:

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When Chikoo Was Very Bitter...

by Priya Ramesh Swaminathan  | 21 July 2023


Childhood days are precious. Filled with days of joy and carefree laughter, innocence and revelry!
Each child lives in his own world, cocooned in love and hope. With dear ones. With longings and dreams… fears and cheers…
What is childhood without friends? Sharing begins in childhood and continues as an adult. Petty squabbles are soon forgotten and forgiven.
In a similar utopic world, live Chikoo and his friends! All are unique individuals. Maddening, yet adorable! They request you to visit their utopia and experience their lives for a day!
Why was Chikoo very bitter? Find out!
Lots of fun awaits you…
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  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
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  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
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  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 26 pages
                                                              

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0CCL31F56
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 7245 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 26 pages

          Priya

Or ₹49 to buy

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0CCL31F56
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 7245 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 26 pages




Or ₹49 to buy

Childhood days are precious. Filled with days of joy and carefree laughter, innocence and revelry!

Kindle Countdown Deal - The Mysterious Basement of Summer City

 Dear friends,


Monsoon is the best season to lose yourself in a nail-biting, suspenseful whodunit; snuggling on your couch, with a delicious sandwich and steaming cup of coffee; for company!

The Mysterious Basement of Summer City is a prize-winning, thrilling whodunit (my debut novel!) that will keep you on the edge of your seat right till the very end!

A Kindle Countdown Deal will be on from 28th July, 2023 to 4th August, 2023 for my e-book titled The Mysterious Basement of Summer City. It will be available at a whopping discount of 76% for $ 0.99 only!

Hurry! Don't miss this golden opportunity to read my debut, prize-winning novel. It was adjudged as the second prize-winner in a novel-writing contest organized by Vishwakarma Publications, Pune.

This novel has received a 5 star rating at Amazon.in. Here's the link:

The Mysterious Basement of Summer City: Enter at your own risk! Kindle Edition


Top review from India

Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 8 July 2023
Kindly peruse it and let me have your invaluable feedback! You could even peruse my other 16 e-books and paperback novels and provide your invaluable feedback online at www.amazon.com. Happy reading!

Thanks in anticipation.

Priya Ramesh Swaminathan 


Excerpt:
        The shrill ringing of his phone jolted him from his reverie.  Cheerfully, he said “Hello!”  His wife Meena’s voice flowed down through the line, loud and clear.  “Please send the driver here, along with the car.  We’ve been waiting since an hour for him!”  

        He was surprised.   Why hadn’t Hariprasad gone to pick his family?  He had told Dwarka Charan that he had an urgent errand to do, what was it…..?  Yes, pick up his daughter from her nursery school, return back to the complex, take the vehicle and ferry his family to the office for the function.
        
        Dwarka was also concerned, as the priest, being a busy man; was a stickler to punctuality and hated things disturbing his busy schedule.  He’d be hopping mad.  He was supposed to come along with the family too.  Hariprasad was going to bring all of them in 2 rounds.  And here, he hadn’t even started as yet!
        
        Over the intercom, he contacted the receptionist.  “Kindly ask the security whether they’ve seen my driver.  If you spot him, kindly ask him to contact me immediately.”
        
        The receptionist wondered why he couldn’t call his driver on his mobile immediately.  Then she got the answer.  “You see, I’ve forgotten my mobile at home.  My wife will definitely bring it,” he fibbed.  He was saving on his out-going calls.  He didn’t know how to send an SMS and was too embarrassed to ask anyone for the ‘know-how’!
        
        After 5 minutes, the receptionist promptly reported to him that no one, including herself had seen him.
        
        “Please ask the security guards to go and check in the basement!” he requested.
        
        “Very well, Sir.”  

        Accordingly both the security guards went to the basement to check it out.  They didn’t return, even after 15 minutes. Then the receptionist Sunita went to see what the matter was.  She was scared when she saw the rows of neatly parked four-wheelers and 2- wheelers in the deserted, huge and eerie basement.  She didn’t venture far.  She just glanced right and left from the bottom of the stairs leading to the basement and immediately turned back and fled.  There was no one there.  Not a soul!

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