The Secret Keeper of Jaipur, Alka Joshi
The Secret Keeper of Jaipur, Alka Joshi
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The Secret Keeper of Jaipur

Author: Alka Joshi

Narrator: Sneha Mathan, Ariyan Kassam, Deepa Samuel

Unabridged: 11 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/22/2021

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

 A NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF THE HENNA ARTIST,  A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK

Good Morning America’s “27 Books for June"
 
PopSugar’s Best Summer Reads of 2021 

In New York Times bestselling author Alka Joshi’s intriguing new novel, henna artist Lakshmi arranges for her protégé, Malik, to intern at the Jaipur Palace in this tale rich in character, atmosphere, and lavish storytelling.

It’s the spring of 1969, and Lakshmi, now married to Dr. Jay Kumar, directs the Healing Garden in Shimla. Malik has finished his private school education. At twenty, he has just met a young woman named Nimmi when he leaves to apprentice at the Facilities Office of the Jaipur Royal Palace. Their latest project: a state-of-the-art cinema.

Malik soon finds that not much has changed as he navigates the Pink City of his childhood. Power and money still move seamlessly among the wealthy class, and favors flow from Jaipur’s Royal Palace, but only if certain secrets remain buried. When the cinema’s balcony tragically collapses on opening night, blame is placed where it is convenient. But Malik suspects something far darker and sets out to uncover the truth. As a former street child, he always knew to keep his own counsel; it’s a lesson that will serve him as he untangles a web of lies.

"Captivated me from the first chapter to the last page." —Reese Witherspoon on The Henna Artist

Don’t miss THE PERFUMIST OF PARIS! The final chapter in Alka Joshi’s New York Times bestselling Jaipur trilogy!

About Alka Joshi

Born in India and raised in the U.S. since she was nine, Alka Joshi has a BA from Stanford University and an MFA from California College of Arts. Joshi's debut novel, The Henna Artist,  immediately became a NYT bestseller, a Reese Witherspoon Bookclub pick, was Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, & is in development at Netflix as a TV series. The Secret Keeper of Jaipur (2021) and The Perfumist of Paris (2023) completed the Jaipur Trilogy. Her fourth novel, Six Days in Bombay, will be released in February 2025. She is currently working on her fifth novel. In 2024, Joshi was selected for the Forbes 50 over 50 List, celebrating women who are shattering age and gender norms across all sectors of the American economy and culture.


Reviews

Goodreads review by jessica on July 21, 2021

the immersive quality of AJs storytelling is what i loved most about ‘the henna artist’ and what made me want to pick up this sequel. ‘the henna artist’ is wrapped up pretty nicely, so i was wondering what sort of direction this story would take, and its very much just a check-in with the characters......more

Goodreads review by Dr. Appu on March 30, 2023

In this second part of The Henna Artist trilogy, Lakshmi is now married to Dr. Jay in Shimla. Abbas Malik was educated in the prestigious Bishop Cotton School and is now a young man who is working on a modern cinema theatre project in Jaipur. The story is set in the latter half of the 1960s. The cin......more

Goodreads review by Regina on June 29, 2021

Alka Joshi’s debut novel, 2020’s The Henna Artist, had the benefit of Ms. Reese Witherspoon shining her book club sunshine upon it, resulting in almost 80,000 ratings on Goodreads to date. Here’s hoping all those readers follow its characters to this second installment in a planned trilogy… even if......more

Goodreads review by Holly on October 20, 2021

Lakshmi is back, along with many of the characters introduced in book one, The Henna Artist. I would recommend reading these books in order, because this is a trilogy. It is twelve years later, and we get caught up on everything that has happened with Malik (my favorite from book one) and others. He......more