The Night Watchman

Some nights never really end…

India, 1940s. A mortally wounded night watchman staggers into fourteen-year-old Neel’s secluded home one midsummer night. A gang of ruthless killers follows the watchman into the house. The ensuing night will become immortal for Neel, spawning unending horrors and incredible adventures throughout his life.

Russia, 1890s. A drunkard midwife inadvertently causes the deaths of a newborn girl’s parents. The guilt-wracked midwife comes looking for the infant, but the baby has disappeared from its departed mother’s side without a trace.

The imperiled boy and the vanished child are separated by half a century and thousands of miles, but their extraordinary lives and fates will converge in interstices of tragedy, betrayal, and indestructible love.

Sharply written, suspenseful, and peopled with vivid characters, The Night Watchman is the evocative first book of A Thorn for Miss R., a series of atmospheric thrillers sure to delight and amaze in equal measures