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Pre-Orders are currently available from my UK Publisher, Hera Books. If you are in the U.S., I would recommend selecting either Waterstones, Hive, or Blackwell since Amazon US is not yet retailing Missy.

Rich and atmospheric story of passion and crime, redemption and forgiveness.
— Harini Nagendra, The Bangalore Detectives Club.
Powerful migration story that gives vivid life to the inescapable costs of freedom and reinvention.
— Vu Tran, Dragonfish

Raghav Rao is a Chicago-based writer.

A writer with a debut novel released in 2024 with Penguin Random House (India) and Hera Books (UK & Commonwealth).

A lecturer at the School of Art Institute of Chicago & Loyola University Chicago, and an associate of the Office of Modern Composition.

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