• Published : 29 Apr, 2019
• Category : Announcement
• Readings : 4205

• Tags : festival,crime,thriller,psychological,political,contest,discussion,giveaway,bookdeal

"He sensed someone following him; he increased his pace and doggedly stared ahead all the while calculating the turns left to reach safety. He felt brave enough to return home this late even when all his friends insisted that he stay over for the night. And now, he was too scared to even look back to confirm his suspicions. The wind carried the whistling sound of a knife being unsheathed... was it the Dagger-man? Before he could decide it, he had broken into a run. Shocked at his own involuntary flight, he stumbled and fell. The shadow of his follower lengthened beside him and he turned on reflex. He saw..."

Oh, how we get entangled in the thrill of reading suspense, experiencing intrigue, knowing criminals and solving mysteries. Crime writing as a genre is hugely popular and also immensely satisfying to read and enjoy. There is so much versatility to this genre that a host of real-world problems can be addressed within its framework. Besides, we relate to it easily as we are constantly aware of crime around through media portals.

In reality, much of the inside look at how crimes are handled and solved is missing but in the world of thriller fiction, the discovery of incidents and the revelation of truth takes place in our audience. Crime writing gives us this insight, using its cool ingredients—danger, chase, layering of clues, thrill, justice, etc.—to whet our thirst to know more. But above all reigns the undeniable lure of mystery, the satisfaction of piecing clues together and the element of escapism that allows us to visit the dark alleys in safety.

Crime writers take us on this adrenaline ride sometimes through the political corridors, sometimes through revenge and psychological sagas, sometimes with sleek and sometimes with sociopathic characters. Sometimes gritty and sometimes fantastical or terrifically technological surroundings make us, the readers, an equal part of the game and also a player set on the trail to find out—who?

Readomania has a proud list of authors and titles from the genre of crime writing and brought them all together for the Readomania Crime Writing Festival 2019 in the month of May. Throughout the month, every Tuesday and Thursday, Readomania’s thriller authors were featured in live Twitter discussions. 

Featured authors: Anurag Anand, Archana Sarat, Ayan Pal, Deepti Menon, Maitrayee Sanyal De, Tanushree Podder, Sourabh Mukherjee, Sutapa Basu.

We wholeheartedly thank our associate bloggers for covering the CWF extensively.

1. Ms. Anupama Jain of akkaacerbic.wordpress.com

2. Ms. Kasturi Patra of viakat.blog

3. Ms. Piyusha Vir of wanderingsoulwriter.com