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September 13, 2018
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September 12, 2018
TOI Micro review: ‘Missing Presumed Dead’ explores the nuances of dealing with a family member battling mental illness
“Manral’s prose is racy and immersive. The book is a brave attempt at bringing out the importance of seeking medical help for mental health issues. She beautifully projects, with the depiction of a family in utter pain, how mental illness eats away a woman’s chance at happiness and a healthy, full family.
Missing Presumed Dead is a must-read for everyone who knows a dear one battling mental illness.”
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Amaryllis Manjul Publishing House Rashmi Menon Megha ParmarMissing Presumed Dead
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The best five reviews as chosen by Rashmi Menon, Managing Editor, Amaryllis, will win one floral watercolour each.
The contest ends on Sept 30, 2018.
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Missing, Presumed Dead by Kiran Manral
Title: Missing, Presumed Dead
Author: Kiran Manral
Publisher: Amaryllis
ISBN: 978-9387383685
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Mystery/Family
Pages: 268
Source: Author
Rating: 4 Stars
I do not read thrillers. I normally stay away from them. From most of them at least. But, “Missing, Presumed Dead” is not just another thriller or not just a thriller at all for that matter. It is so much more and thank god for that! I read one of Kiran’s books before picking up this one and thoroughly enjoyed it. That one was eerie, with some suspense and kept me on the edge. This one on the other hand is more contemplative, it has its elements of thrill but what pulled me toward it was the language (simple and effective), characterisation and pacing. At no point did I feel the book go flat or not living up to my expectations.
As the synopsis will tell you, “Missing…
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August 12, 2018
On Talkietive TV
A quick Q&A that was most fun. Thanks Priyanka Sinha Jha, Martin Noronha and Vasundhara Seli for this.
August 5, 2018
Missing, Presumed Dead: A page turner which reveals some, hides some, and unsettles much
“I read the novel over this weekend, and it made me wonder about so many things- the terror and unspoken demons and fears so many lives are steeped in, the silence that lets the fears grow and grow, the helplessness that finally consumes many.
This gripping novel is a psychological thriller, and full of things left unsaid. In it, Kiran once again takes us to a small town in the Himalaya, a locale similar to the one she had set her earlier excellent mystery The Face At the Window, in. A fast paced, atmospheric book, Missing, Presumed Dead is a puzzle, a chase and a page turner which reveals some, hides some, and unsettles much.”
Kiranjeet Chaturvedi
Founder, Writers and Beyond
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August 4, 2018
“…this novel does not disappoint from the genre-busting plots that Kiran manages to weave”
On Goodreads. Thanks R Ganesh.
“Without including revealing spoilers, let me say that this novel does not disappoint from the genre-busting plots that Kiran manages to weave. The blurbs and reviews already set the reader up to expect mystery surrounding a protagonist suffering from mental illness. The author has said that she is fascinated with spooky elements so this story has an undercurrent of that, too.
The significant thing about this novel is the writing. Any simple dialogue or thought by the characters is turned into a tantalising portent of dark happenings. Beautiful phrases abound, and encapsulate a sweeping commentary on the times we live. The fragility of well presented appearances and relationships is examined, almost mercilessly exposed for its more realistic dimensions, but the author manages to still create an empathy in the reader for the characters. None of the characters is without flaws but they are all believable, even if it is just a passerby who comes and disappears within a few lines of the story.
The build up to something disastrous about to happen is continuous, right from the first two chapters. As the apparently disconnected events begin to coalesce, the mental states of the characters unravels, and the plot unfolds but Kiran manages to inject enough twists to pile up the puzzles rather than gradually demystify the goings on for the reader.
At one point I felt there are not enough pages to have one grand illuminating finale accounting for everything with a level of satisfactory consistency and clarity. In a way my suspicion proved correct and though there is no other ending I would have probably liked more, there are enough elements left without explanation for an interesting sequel at some point in time.
What I most admired about Missing, Presumed Dead is that within a readable and racy story, Kiran Manral–based on research and interviews as mentioned in the acknowledgement–has presented the agonies of a person suffering from mental illness as well as the anguish that their near ones go through, without simplifying it to a one-sided narrative.
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