WITCH IN THE PEEPUL TREE

<p>It is Makar Sankranti1950 when sixteen-year-old Sanaz's body is discovered in her father Dada Bhai's house in Bohrawadi Udaipur.</p> <p>A few of those in and around the house that day are the cruel zamindar Rao sahib of Singhgarh the devout degenerate Hariharan the young Bhil Nathu visiting from a remote tribal village to inform Dada Bhai of a leopard kill the attractive night soil worker Parijat and the acerbic widow Sugra who rolls a rosary and wishes for the jeevti dakkan-the living witch in the peepul tree-to be her secret ally. </p> <p>As the shadows grow long it becomes clear that something sinister walks the halls of this grand old house. What unfolds is a genre-bending tale of suspense intrigue and something so much darker.</p>