<p><strong>Madwoman</strong></p>.<p>Chelsea Bieker</p>.<p>HarperCollins, pp 336, Rs 499</p>.<p>To the outside world, Clove has it all. But then a letter arrives from a women’s prison in California — a letter that threatens to expose the secrets of a past she has worked so hard to hide.</p>.<p><strong>The Last Great Plague</strong></p>.<p>Natasha Sarkar</p>.<p>OUP, pp 257, Rs 4,999</p>.<p>Plague has attained pandemic proportions on three occasions in recorded history. It is within the context of the third, modern pandemic that this book unfolds: an outbreak which took over 12 million lives in India alone.</p>.<p><strong>Glimmers</strong></p>.<p>Cailin Hargreaves</p>.<p>Penguin, pp 200, Rs 414</p>.<p>This is a guide to finding joy in the everyday. This heartfelt collection of poems and illustrations illuminates the small yet powerful moments that spark happiness and gratitude.</p>.<p><strong>Chicanery</strong></p>.<p>Timeri N Murari</p>.<p>Niyogi, pp 327, Rs 695</p>.<p>After 20 years in exile, David Richelieu returns to his homeland where an execution warrant awaits him for unspecified crimes. At the border, the AI cameras identify him as the ex-Prime Minister, and he is arrested right there...</p>.<p><strong>Astro Chimp</strong></p>.<p>David Walliams</p>.<p>HarperCollins, pp 223, Rs 699</p>.<p>Nasa’s scientists thought he’d be the perfect chimp to send into space. Little did Chump know that he had been selected for a deadly and dangerous mission.</p>
<p><strong>Madwoman</strong></p>.<p>Chelsea Bieker</p>.<p>HarperCollins, pp 336, Rs 499</p>.<p>To the outside world, Clove has it all. But then a letter arrives from a women’s prison in California — a letter that threatens to expose the secrets of a past she has worked so hard to hide.</p>.<p><strong>The Last Great Plague</strong></p>.<p>Natasha Sarkar</p>.<p>OUP, pp 257, Rs 4,999</p>.<p>Plague has attained pandemic proportions on three occasions in recorded history. It is within the context of the third, modern pandemic that this book unfolds: an outbreak which took over 12 million lives in India alone.</p>.<p><strong>Glimmers</strong></p>.<p>Cailin Hargreaves</p>.<p>Penguin, pp 200, Rs 414</p>.<p>This is a guide to finding joy in the everyday. This heartfelt collection of poems and illustrations illuminates the small yet powerful moments that spark happiness and gratitude.</p>.<p><strong>Chicanery</strong></p>.<p>Timeri N Murari</p>.<p>Niyogi, pp 327, Rs 695</p>.<p>After 20 years in exile, David Richelieu returns to his homeland where an execution warrant awaits him for unspecified crimes. At the border, the AI cameras identify him as the ex-Prime Minister, and he is arrested right there...</p>.<p><strong>Astro Chimp</strong></p>.<p>David Walliams</p>.<p>HarperCollins, pp 223, Rs 699</p>.<p>Nasa’s scientists thought he’d be the perfect chimp to send into space. Little did Chump know that he had been selected for a deadly and dangerous mission.</p>