Djinn Patrol On The Purple Line

Children have been going missing in a slum on the sprawling outskirts of an Indian city.

Jai, a nine-year-old obsessed with crime TV, determines to solve the mystery, even if spirits and demons known as “djinns” are responsible. He enlists the help of friends, Pari and Faiz.

Anappara’s first novel builds on her experience as a journalist of reporting from such places.