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When chaos takes over my tiny world,  When there is a lot to fathom & no one to listen When fate baffles me and there is nothing to do, Then I talk to the universe about you. When I am sitting idle near the window of my room. & the glass pane reflects my desperation & gloom. When jotting it all down doesn’t help anymore, Then I talk to the universe about you. Sometimes, it rains, even when it’s not supposed to, Sometimes the conversations end but the talk doesn’t. Sometimes, darkness plays its tricks of despair on me Then I talk to the universe about you. When the radio plays a familiar song, & every word I write seems to be wrong, When even the tea fails to calm the storm, Then I talk to the universe about you. When the whiffs of remembrance disrupt the still. & memories of togetherness start trickling, like the rain that seeps from closed windows. Then I tal...

The Devotion of Suspect X is a mystery thriller by Japanese author Keigo Higashino . The story is about a brilliant mathematics teacher Tetsuya Ishgami who inadvertently sees a woman in his neighbor, who he is secretly in love with, commit a murder.  Tetsuya Ishigami uses his intellect and wit to obfuscate the case to lead it away from his neighbor, Yasuko Hanaoka. Despite Yasuko being the primary and sole suspect for her ex-husband's death, Ishigami is able to make the case look such that she is not related to the murder at all. The plot is all about Ishigami trying to outwit the police and Dr. Yukawa aka Detective Galileo, who is a former university mate to Ishigami. PLOT Ishigami is a math teacher in a private high school. He walks daily to dohis school observing  all the people he sees on his way. He lives in a serene neighborhood, where he secretly is in love with his neighbor Yasuko Hanaoka. Yasuko is a single mother who lives with her daughter and work...

The Surgeon is a meticulously written story about a murderer who is exclusively targeting women killing them and leaving behind no clues at all. The Surgeon is the first book of the Jane Rizzoli series where she is a detective in Boston Homicide Unit. The story of The Surgeon is highly engaging and is one of the few books that I have read till the last word. However, there were a few downsides to the main character too but not enough to disengage me off the book. The book is mostly written in present while a few chapters have the antagonist as the 1st person detailing what goes through the mind of The Surgeon and how he plans the murder. The character of Jane Rizzoli is described as a small, square jawed woman with dark, probing, intense eyes. She is the only woman working in the homicide department and always tries to be the best at her job. She has a sort of passive aggressive attitude towards her male counterparts because she thinks that women have always been subdued in the so...

Plot The Escape by David Baldacci is a thriller novel with CID agent John Puller as the protagonist. It is the third book in the John Puller series. John Puller, worked with the US army and is currently working with the Criminal Investigations Division of the US. He came from a family that has a major army background. He had relatives going back to George Washington's days, fighting in world war, risking their lives for the country.His father is military retired Lieutenant General John Puller Sr. who was one of the best leaders of his time and authored many military tactics books. He now suffers from Alzheimer's and is spending his days in the hospital.His brother, Robert Puller served the Air Force but was convicted of selling intelligence to enemies, thus serving prison sentence in the most secure prison of the country for his crimes against national security.   One day, John Puller gets a call from his Commanding Officer telling him that his brother has escaped...