That Night
By (Author) Nidhi Upadhyay
Penguin Random House SEA
Penguin Random House SEA
26th August 2021
Singapore
Paperback
304
Width 130mm, Height 198mm, Spine 25mm
286g
What happens when an innocent prank goes horribly wrong Natasha, Riya, Anjali and Katherine were best friends in college - each different from the other yet inseparable - until that night. It was the night that began with a bottle of whisky and a game of Ouija but ended with the death of Sania, their unlikeable hostel mate. The friends vowed never to discuss that fateful night, a pact that had kept their friendship and guilt dormant for the last twenty years. But now, someone has begun to mess with them, threatening to reveal the truth that only Sania knew. Is it a hacker playing on their guilt or has Sania's ghost really returned to avenge her death As the faceless enemy closes in on them, the friends come together once again to recount what really happened that night. But when the story is retold by each of them, the pieces don't fit. Because none of them is telling the whole truth . . . That Night is a dark, twisted tale of friendship and betrayal that draws you in and confounds you at every turn.
Nidhi Upadhyay is an Indian expatriate, happily settled in Singapore for the last nineteen years. She is a qualified engineer turned head-hunter and loves science as much as literature. She was a recruiter in the day, and a writer in the night, until, her passion compelled her to become a full-time writer. And now her days are divided between writing crazy-notes-everywhere and chasing her endlessly growing to-be-read list. Nidhi received a grant from the prestigious National Arts Council, Singapore for this manuscript. She is currently working on the first draft of her third manuscript, a soft sci-fi, that explores the concept of Karmic retribution. Nidhi has also written a few short stories which she plans to publish as an anthology in the near future. Shankh-Naad, her first attempt as a playwright, has been shortlisted for 'DASTAK 2020', an annual multicultural theatre festival showcasing Hindi plays in Singapore.