Mallika
Narayanan
Author of the critically acclaimed thriller
In The Dark I See You
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Award-winning writer of flash & short fiction
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In The Dark I See You
Critically acclaimed author Mallika Narayanan masterfully weaves an addictive page-turner tale of a murder investigation where nothing is as it seems. Full of shocking twists, In The Dark I See You—hailed as a "compelling and complex debut" by Booklist—will keep you guessing until the very end.
When a young woman, Sarah Connelly, is found murdered in her home in New York's elite Sleepy Point suburb, it triggers questions about the neighbor who discovered the body, Audrey Hughes. This kind of attention is the last thing Audrey wants. Moving to Sleepy Point was supposed to provide her with a new, quiet start after a trauma left her with incurable blindness. The deeper the police delve into the case, the murkier the truth becomes. As the book twists and turns through alternating points of view and timelines, a compelling and complex scheme emerges that threatens all involved . . . and the ticking clock of investigation collides with the explosive secrets Audrey and Sarah have been keeping.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
The Short
Mallika's short stories and flash fiction have appeared in various literary magazines & print anthologies, and have been longlisted and shortlisted for several awards including the Retreat West, Best Flash Fiction Prize, the Fractured Lit Best Micro-Fiction Prize, The Strands International 2022 Prize, and the Bath Flash FictionAward. Most recently, her flash fiction, Briefly, We Saw Each Other was the runner-up in the Retreat West Quarterly Flash fiction.
The Long
Reading and writing have always been Mallika’s great passions. After years in web design and managing content, she decided to write long fiction. In a way, she says, she has always been telling stories, or at least, that’s how she’s looked at her job, as creating stories. Through her writing, Mallika explores her fascination with what drives us, what makes us tick, and other facets of our psyche. When she’s not plotting her next dark thriller or killer twist you can find her perusing bookstores or reading. In her down time she loves to cook and bake.
On Writing Suspense & Thrillers
“I realized early on that my fascination with the human psyche rests, in particular, with the dark side of the human mind. I suppose it takes one to know one but I try not to dwell on that. Where one might see a happy connection to a man innocently tucking a stray strand of hair behind a woman’s ear, I imagine something sinister-he’s trying to see if his fingers will fit around her neck when he strangles her later. Something as unassuming as a woman staring off from a café window, to me, can be a dark tale with a frightening end.” ~
IN THE PRESS
"Narayanan’s smart, satisfying debut employs an inverted structure to explore the relationship between two complicated women . . . Lisa Unger fans will hope for more from this promising talent."
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