The Murder in the Woods

By Shruti Priyaa

The skeletal remains of a body are found under a barren tree deep inside the woods. Detective Raunak Sharma is put in charge of the case. The forensic reveals that the skeleton is atleast two years old! Raunak begins digging up old cases, while Samaira, the nosy reporter, runs away with the skeleton, trying to find the killer on her own! Will she beat Raunak in finding the killer this time? Most of all, who is the killer?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Srishti Publishers
• Release date: Sep 18, 2020

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THE MURDER IN THE WOODS

BY

Shruti Priyaa

Srishti Publishers & Distributors

A unit of AJR Publishing LLP

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Shahpur Jat, New Delhi – 110 049

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Srishti Publishers & Distributors in 2020

Copyright © Shruti Priyaa, 2020

This is a work of fiction. The characters, places, organisations and events described in this book are either a work of the author’s imagination or have been used fictitiously. Any resemblance to people, living or dead, places, events, communities or organizations is purely coincidental.

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1

Hovered by the warm morning sky, the sultry yet refreshing air, the chirpy birds and the buzzing bees, there stood the incredibly green thicket of Aarey Forest. Especially known for the shape and perfection of the overhead canopy it created, this forest was also popularly called the lungs of Mumbai. But no one ever knew that Aarey Forest had a black spot. Whether it was a flaw or rather, a metaphorical scarecrow deep inside, no one knew. And just like how a black dot on a white paper catches the eye first, the black hole in the middle of the green canopy never failed to grab the attention when viewed from choppers. However, no one bothered to find out what it was, and obviously, no one knew it was a barren tree.

Deep inside the forest, in the middle of the groove stood an eerie barren tree. It was black and intact – not disturbing, or rather, not being disturbed by any flora for a radius of at least half a kilometre around