The Girl in the Glass Case: Keep your girls safe. Boys safer. (Simone Singh Series)
Simone Singh is not your typical protagonist. A sharp-tongued IPS officer with a gift for catching criminals and a talent for alienating colleagues, she's barely back from an unjust suspension before she's thrown headfirst into a deeply unsettling case. Her new partner, DSP Zoya Bharucha, is her polar opposite: warm, well-liked, and instinctively empathetic. Together, they make for a pleasingly awkward pairing. The case itself is chilling. A killer known only as the Doll Maker is staging her victims as life-sized Barbie dolls, posed and displayed inside glass cases. The imagery is disturbing, the motive murky, and the clock is ticking. Simone and Zoya must push past their differences fast, because the Doll Maker has made it clear she's only getting started. Devashish Sardana keeps the pace tight throughout, with plot twists that feel genuinely earned rather than cheap. The Hindu put it well, noting that where most thrillers simply ratchet up the tension, this one quietly prompts you to reflect on something deeper. It's that quality, a thriller with actual weight to it, that sets it apart. This is a confident, propulsive read with two female leads worth following, and a villain you won't forget in a hurry.
- Author: Devashish Sardana
- Publisher: Penguin eBury Press
- Genre: Contemporary Fiction
- ISBN: 978-0143454373
- Pages: 344 pages