Amulya Malladi Books in Order

Years after surviving the Bhopal gas disaster and leaving her first marriage, Anjali has built a new life with a loving husband. Her former husband’s return reopens painful questions while her young son’s health continues to decline.

Returning to India after seven years in America, Priya must tell her traditional family that she is engaged to an American man. Amid summer preparations and family expectations, she struggles to reconcile her chosen future with her parents’ wishes.

After surviving a suicide attempt, Devi returns to her parents’ home and stops speaking. She expresses herself through inventive cooking instead, drawing her family to the table as their concern and frustration gradually expose secrets of their own.

Eleven-year-old orphan Kokila chooses to remain at an Indian ashram rather than follow the marriage arranged for her. Across the ensuing decades, she questions that decision while building an unconventional family with other women living outside society’s expectations.

Afghan refugee Raihana struggles to learn Danish while grieving the husband taken by the Taliban. An apprenticeship with a widowed beekeeper creates an unlikely friendship, but prejudice and the return of past violence threaten their fragile new connection.

Unable to have a child, Silicon Valley professional Priya turns to a surrogate in India. Asha agrees to carry the baby to improve her own children’s prospects, linking two women whose hopes confront the realities of commercial surrogacy.

After a breakdown, Sanya accompanies her husband to Copenhagen, where he is pursuing a business acquisition. New relationships and corporate intrigue unsettle their marriage as she begins questioning the life and expectations she has carried for years.

Frequent business traveler Asmi faces a fierce contest for promotion when her boss announces his retirement. Approaching forty, she must weigh professional ambition, an unsatisfying romantic arrangement and the expectations surrounding the life she wants to build.

Former Copenhagen policeman Gabriel Præst investigates the murder of a right-wing politician after doubts arise about the convicted refugee’s guilt. His inquiries lead into political hostility, powerful interests and secrets reaching back to Denmark’s wartime past.

Private detective Gabriel Præst investigates a bank employee’s apparent suicide and uncovers allegations reaching into Denmark’s financial elite. His search moves between Copenhagen and New York as corporate misconduct, hidden money and a dangerous hitman complicate the case.