Morris, acclaimed author of All Her Little Secrets

I read it in two sittings! And that delicious little twist at the very end is a brilliant depiction of just how cunning women can be.' - Wanda M. ' Are You Sara? is a crackling spit-fire of suspense. Lalli is a fresh voice in the thriller genre and a writer to watch!' - Wendy Walker, internationally bestselling author of Don't Look For Me 'Dynamic women with complicated lives take center stage in this twisty mystery about a rideshare mix-up which results in murder. I couldn’t put this book down, and neither will you!' - Uzma Jalaluddin, bestselling author of Hana Khan Carries On Sara – Saraswati Bhaduri - is riveting as a struggling, savvy law student who becomes embroiled in a gritty murder mystery, while also tackling issues of race, class and identity at her Ivy-league college. 'A gripping, immersive read, S.C Lalli has written a tightly woven thriller featuring my new favourite complicated female protagonist. In this smart, twisty novel about wealth, ambition and dangerous longing, the layers are peeled back on two young women desperate to break away from the expectations placed on them, leading to devastating results. But was the target Sarah Ellis or Sara Bhaduri? And why would anyone want either of them dead?

With no money, Sara walks back to her apartment on the shady side of town only to see police lights flashing, illuminating a body crumpled on her doorstep: Sarah.

They tumble into the back of their respective cars and head out into the night.īut sometime later, Sara wakes up in the car to find she's on the wrong side of town-the rich side-and realizes that she and Sarah Ellis took the wrong cars home. At the end of the evening, each orders a rideshare home. And despite their different circumstances, they connect. Sara is working at the campus bar one seemingly ordinary Tuesday night when her boss demands that she deal with a drunk girl in the bathroom.

She's had to do things to pay the bills that most people wouldn't expect “a nice Indian girl' to do. Which Sara was the real target?ĭespite a scholarship, law student Saraswati “Sara' Bhaduri holds down two jobs in order to make her way through school, but it's still a struggle. Two women, each named Sara, get into separate rideshares.

A Holly Jolly Diwali by Sonya Lalli