We're happy to host an author we adore and were lucky enough to meet, Ismita Tandon Dhankher, and help her promote her thrilling and great book, Jacob Hills.
GOODREADS SUMMARY OF JACOB HILLS:
An unloved
woman is a soft target, anyone can hit her, have her.
It’s just
another evening at the Tiller’s Club.
Near the
bar, Capt. Rana, the Young Officer undergoing training at the War College
stands among his course mates, consciously avoiding his pregnant, Muslim wife,
Heena. Rumour has it she had forced him to marry her because of the baby.
Saryu,
village belle turned modern babe, drink in hand, chats up a YO. Her husband,
Maj. Vikram Singh, shoots angry glances at her. She isn’t bothered; the
question is, who will she go home with tonight?
Pam and
Gary, the flamboyant Sikh couple, chat merrily with the senior officers,
charming as ever. Who’d ever guess that they lead the infamous Key Club, an underground
swinger couples’ club.
And in one
corner stands the Anglo-Indian wife of Maj. George Chandy, Eva, who finds
herself at the heart of a murder mystery when a woman’s bleeding body is discovered
at the old church under the black cross. The murdered woman’s body is covered
with cigarette burns. A six-year-old girl’s wrist is similarly marked. Another
little girl shows signs of severe abuse.
Jacob Hills:
an army station that houses the War College where young officers receive
training. A world of army officers and genteel conversation, of smart men and
graceful women. Set in the 1980s – in an India that was at the cusp of
tradition and Westernized modernity – this is the story of the ugliness that
lies beneath the garb ofJacob Hills’s beauty and sophistication. An ugliness
the Chandys find themselves confronted with. Will they uncover the truth behind
the woman’s murder? Will their love survive Jacob Hills?
JACOB HILLS NEW PRESS RELEASE:
The shadow
of the erstwhile British army lingered long after they left the country. Their
drinking, smoking, womanizing culture was eagerly embraced by the cream of the
crop in the organization. Flirtation is a norm of an elitist, high flying
society and it was used to further, both personal and professional agenda.
The
seventies and eighties was an era of great suppression, men and women were not
allowed to mingle freely. All over the world the hippie movement was on a roll
since the sixties but premarital sex in India was seen as an aberration.
Under the
garb of British legacy, sycophants and lotharios in uniform thrived and carried
on the tradition left behind by the Gori Chamdi.
Every
organization has its grapevine, Ismita grew up hearing rumors, snatches of
conversation, old wives tales. With an active imagination, the blanks were easy
to fill and Jacob Hills was born.
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ABOUT AUTHOR ISMITA TANDON DHANKHER:
Ismita’s, 'I am Beautiful’ won prize money of 50,000 on the Yahoo-Dove Indibloggers contest. She’s also the author of the romantic thriller Love on the Rocks, a Penguin imprint released in 2011. Her third mystery novel Love Kills is slated for release by HarperCollins India in December 2013.
Ismita went to Sophia College, Ajmer, where she studied Economics, History and Sociology. After acquiring an MBA and doing a brief stint in the Foreign Exchange Division of Thomas Cook, Mumbai, she took up poetry and prose wholeheartedly.
She just finished her fourth novel Secrets We Hide, and is working on The Song of the Sufi Masroof, a book of photographs and poems. Beyond the Hills (Prequel to Jacob Hills) is in the process of being completed.
Ismita blogs and can be reached at Lesser Known Poet.
Thank you for stopping by! And we'd like to take this opportunity to thank Ismita for all the encouragement and support and wish her lots of happiness and success!
