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The Orphan Diaries

By: Shashi Warrier

Among the thousands of orphaned children adopted after 47 there are a few?less than twentywho were planted here by Jinnahs men . . .
At thirty-eight, feeling ancient and used up, Colonel Rajan MenonRajaknows his best years as a commando are behind him. But he is soon tested as never before. The Prime Ministers granddaughter has been abducted, and the kidnappers want some sensitive diaries in the possession of the CBI, the contents of which, if made public, can throw the country into turmoil. Raj...a works out a meticulous rescue plan, but the raid ends in a disasterthe girl is killed, not a single kidnapper is captured and the diaries disappear. And all the evidence points to Rajas complicity.
Hounded by the police and, inexplicably, a ruthless psychopath, Raja is on the run, determined to clear his name. As he makes his harrowing journey towards the truth, a sinister plot unfolds an astounding account that began in 1947 . . .

In The Orphan Diariesfirst published as The Orphan in 1998Shashi Warrier, Indias most exciting thriller writer, has produced an astonishing sequel to Night of the Krait.

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