the toorak temple case: a laila mirza mystery
Suva, Fiji. 1970s.
A temple bell rings earlier than it should.
And in that single, misplaced moment, something is set in motion.
In a city alive with gossip, tradition, and change, the sound does not go unnoticed. It stirs questions that many would rather leave buried.
When law graduate Laila Mirza finds herself drawn into a mystery that unsettles her Indo-Fijian community, she refuses to look away. What begins as a quiet disturbance soon unravels into something far more complex.
With her brother Rahul, a young police corporal determined to prove himself, Laila follows a trail of whispers through temple corridors, crowded marketplaces, and tightly woven community ties. Rumor and truth blur as they uncover layers of temple intrigue, cultural tension, and long-buried secrets.
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Previously published asThe Temple Bell Never Rang,this edition features a new title and cover.
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The Serpent & The saffron bride
When Priya Sharma arrives on the remote island of Vatu Vara, she expects nothing more than a temporary assignment: cataloging a rare collection of books housed within the crumbling estate known as Serpent’s Embrace. Instead, she finds a mansion steeped in silence.
The servants speak in careful half truths. Locked corridors whisper at night. Portraits seem to watch her as she passes. And beneath the house lingers the legend of the Saffron Bride, a woman whose tragic death still stains the island generations later.
Then Priya meets Nadeem Ashcroft. Magnetic, guarded, and unsettlingly familiar, he draws her deeper into the mysteries surrounding the estate. But as violent storms close in around the island, Priya begins to uncover fragments of a past that feels impossibly connected to her own.
Serpent’s Embrace is hiding something. Something ancient. Something grieving. Something that has been waiting for her.
But some doors are sealed for a reason. And some love stories refuse to remain buried.
The Serpent & The Saffron Bride is a lush gothic romance filled with haunting atmosphere, forbidden longing, ancestral secrets, and slow burning suspense. Perfect for readers who love cursed mansions, dark family legacies, and romances haunted by the past.
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