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The Lucky Coin and Other Stories

About the book: 

The Lucky Coin and Other Stories is a collection of eight intriguing and mesmerizing stories:
The Lucky Coin - Driven by greed, a poor man after getting wealth runs around to protect it.
Repentance - Two women during a train journey share their pasts but withhold a secret.
Those Seven Days - Journey of a patient whose life is torn apart in a matter of seven days.
Last Bus to Lekhapani - A businessman’s night bus journey to meet his ailing uncle.
Twins - How a man married to one twin saves the life of the second twin.
A Night in Ajanta - Strange things happens to a couple who spent a night in Ajanta.
Sailor’s Wife - A married woman falls in love with a bachelor to suffer the consequence.
The Blue Ink Pen - A moving story of a father-daughter relationship.

About the Author:

SP Singh is a retired Army colonel who is an alumnus of the prestigious National Defence Academy Khadakvasla Pune and Indian Military Academy Dehradun. The officer is a voracious reader and a painter. His debut novel, ‘Parrot under the Pine Tree’ published in May 2017 was nominated for the Best Fiction Award at the Valley of Words Literary Festival 2018 and shortlisted at the Gurgaon Literary Festival 2018.

My Review:

This book is a collection of well written and meaningful short stories.
Narration is good.
The writing style is simple and vivid.
The book can be completed in just one seating.
My rating: 4 stars out of 5.

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