Squirrels & Rats - Synopsis

A word of advice or a double bluff - whichever way you want to look at it; though most of the suspense novels have a mystery, they need not have one. It could well be that you know who did what and why, but the suspense might be in the manner it all unfolds for you.

Here is my impression of the cover and the synopsis of Squirrels and Rats:

Why should an accidental death of a financially successful wealth manager necessarily be treated as suspicious?

What if, the man in question is insured for an enormous amount? And, the inheritance that runs into a few million dollars has only one beneficiary, who is out of the country at the time of the accident.

What if, the witness to the will and insurances is an upcoming gorgeous model who is a common friend to the man and his wife?

What if, the financial whiz kid anticipated losses in his business that led him down the dire strait?

What if, it's only an accident?

An accidental death, a huge inheritance, an over suspicious police inspector and an inquiry that goes cold – a journey that starts in Mumbai, moves to London and continues to…

Can this case be closed?

Squirrels and Rats

You might be wondering if I have abandoned the idea of writing as I haven't updated my blog for over a month now. Quite the opposite really. I have been writing continuously, though not on the blog.

I have had a plot for a fiction for quite some time now so I finally decided to write; the name of this post is actually the name of the novel - Squirrels and Rats; ambiguous enough to keep the audience guessing, which adds to the suspense in the book. The book is almost complete now [over 250 pages] and I am going through the draft to catch frivolous grammatical errors but I make no claims that I will be able to exterminate all, which leads to my next quest: search for an editor. And then I will face the plight that zillions of authors have; finding a literary agent to get the book published. Whatever the outcome might be, I confess that I enjoyed every moment of writing it and sincerely hope the readers like it too...

I will post the first chapter of the same after editing to see if it is even half as exciting as I think it is. [Although a few friends that have read some parts of it have given a positive feedback]