The first copy of my second novel – Diary, Deceit, and Death (A Raya Ray adventure)
Receiving the first copy
There couldn’t have been a better month than August (Ma’s birthday month) to announce the second book in the Detective Raya Ray series – Diary, Deceit, and Death. I received the first copy last evening from my publisher Vishwakarma Publications for proofing. The amazing cover is by The Book Baker, also my literary agent.
This is a thriller of greed, betrayal and masked identities of 2 families spanning 3 generations in 4 cities over 5 decades. Will Raya be able to race against time to deliver justice?
Well, that’s for you to find out once the book is released in the coming weeks. It would be available on Amazon, Flipkart, and in all major bookstores across the country.
Now time for me to get back to give the finishing touch to this fast-paced Detective thriller.
An alumnus of Presidency College (Kolkata), Delhi University, and XIME (Bangalore), Sonia Chatterjee holds two post-graduate degrees in Chemistry and Management and an MFA in creative writing from Writer's Village University. With eight years of experience in the banking sector as a Branch Head, she took a sabbatical from the corporate world to start her blog soniasmusings.com. Her blog consistently featured in the Top Indian Blogs list from 2019 to 2024.
Her articles have been published on various digital platforms such as Women's Web, Youth Ki Awaaz, Tuck's Magazine, and Period Magazine. She was invited as a speaker at the Breaking Barriers, Kolkata 2018 event by the Women's Web, at the Women Writer’s Fest, Kolkata, 2020, and the Crime Writers Festival, Kolkata,2025.
Sonia has written two detective thrillers titled ‘Deal of Death – Introducing Raya Ray’ (2019) and ‘Diary, Deceit, and Death – A Raya Ray Adventure’ (Vishwakarma Publications, 2024) and a non-fiction book on true crime titled ‘The Sanyasi Who Became a King’ (Sristhi Publishers, 2025). Her book ‘Diary, Deceit, and Death’ was shortlisted for the PVLF Awards 2024-25 in the Best Fiction Category.
Sonia lives in Kolkata with her doctor husband and nine-and-a-half-year-old son.
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