The secret keeper of Jaipur

Author

Alka Joshi

Call Number

• LARGE TYPE FICTION JOSH (CEN)

Edition

Large print edition.

Publication Information

Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2021.

Physical Description

539 pages (large print) ; 22 cm

Summary

It's the spring of 1969, and Lakshmi, now married to Dr. Jay Kumar, directs the Healing Garden in Shimla. Malik has finished his private school education. At twenty, he has just met a young woman named Nimmi when he leaves to apprentice at the Facilities Office of the Jaipur Royal Palace. Their latest project: a state-of-the-art cinema. Malik soon finds that not much has changed as he navigates the Pink City of his childhood. Power and money still move seamlessly among the wealthy class, and favors flow from Jaipur's Royal Palace, but only if certain secrets remain buried. When the cinema's balcony tragically collapses on opening night, blame is placed where it is convenient. But Malik suspects something far darker and sets out to uncover the truth. As a former street child, he always knew to keep his own counsel; it's a lesson that will serve him as he untangles a web of lies.

Notes

Includes recipes.