Out of the Silence

Author/Guide: Owen Mullen

Why a Booktrail?

2000s: Could a wooden bangle be a clue to a murder spree?

ISBN: B07MZ64BGY
Genre: Crime, Thriller

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What you need to know before your trail

When Simone Jasnin asks him to help expose a grave injustice, he finds himself embroiled in a harrowing tale that began in a dusty rural settlement, setting in motion a chain of events that will change the lives of everyone involved.

Seven years later, members of a prominent family are being brutally murdered one by one. The only clue is a hand-carved wooden bangle left at the scene of each crime.

As the list of suspects grows and the tension mounts, Ralph realises the answers might be closer to home than he ever thought possible.

Solving the mystery will put him back on top but at what cost?

Only when the smoke clears will the killing stop and honour be satisfied…

Travel Guide

Punjab and Lahore

BookTrail travel to Punjab and Lahore, Pakistan

‘The history of women in Pakistan is the history of oppression. All about power and inexcusable excesses.’

‘Go on.’

‘In this country, women are the property of men. Let me do something shocking for a female here. Let me buy you a drink and tell you the everyday circumstances of life that exists in this country, the world outside refuses to believe. And when I finish, if you don’t see it as I do, I won’t ask for your help. You’re not in a hurry, I hope?’

This novel takes a good hard look at the treatment of women in Pakistan – the punjab region of the country in particular. One woman is the victim of an acid attack and this is hard to read about. Women here are sold, treated worse than animals and this combines to show the reality of living in a country where women are seen as nothing. This is the 1990s and there are no laws to protect them.

Years later, we move to Lahore, and the city comes alive as the Punjab region did with the sights, sounds and smells. The noise and chaos are clear on each and every page.