Award-winning author and poet, Sutapa Basubrings to you a heady mix of mystery and the paranormal, a treasure hunt, andan amateur detective at work that will remind readers of the works of SatyajitRay and Ruskin Bond.
Set in a huge, dilapidated mansion inKolkata, "The Cursed Inheritance" is the journey of a young,intelligent and digitally savvy woman whose idealistic, ethical beliefs arepitted against an older, corrupt, immoral mindset.
Anahita Sarkar who has grown up in London isbequeathed a mansion in Kolkata that she has never seen. She travels to theCity of Joy to dispose of her inheritance only to realise that it has deep,dark secrets.
As she enters the mansion, these secretsbecome enigmas that pursue her; a grand house that speaks to her, an intriguingvisitor who knows a little too much, a friendly foe who wraps secrets inriddles, and a mysterious past that is cursed - putting at stake her family'sreputation and her own values.
Can she dig deeper to unravel the mystery andturn the cursed inheritance into a blessing?
Sutapa Basu's book, "The Curse of NaderShah", won the Best Fiction Award by AutHer Awards, 2020 while her debut,a psychological thriller, "Dangle" was nominated for the Anupam KherAward for Debut Novels in 2017.
She is well-known for her best-sellinghistorical fiction, "Padmavati, The Queen Tells Her Own Story"(2017). Her second historical fiction initiated the Invader Series with"The Legend of Genghis Khan" (2018) and continued with "TheCurse of Nader Shah" (2019). Her two anthologies, "Out Of The Blue,Stories with a Twist" and "The Anatomy of Affection, Tales That TouchYou" (2020) have recently been released.
A poet, author, and publishing professional,her short stories have appeared in the anthologies, "Crossed &Knotted, Defiant Dreams", "When They Spoke" and "WriteIndia Stories". Her poems have been published in "Kaafiyana" and"The Dawn beyond Waste".
She also runs a live chat show, "BistroBuzz Conversations with Sutapa Basu" that hosts unique people from acrossspheres and the world. Read her works on her website storyfuntastika.com.