They Never Get Caught

Category Literature & Fiction
Format Paperback
Imprint Rupa
Price 295

ISBN: 978-93-90918-79-9
Pages: 224 pages
Date: 1st July 2021

ABOUT THIS BOOK

‘There was a low rustling of silk, the glassy brown eyes turned slowly away, and Mr Puckler heard the pitter-patter of the small feet in the bronze kid slippers as the figure ran straight to the door.’

With a repertoire of ghostly themes, claustrophobic setting and threatening situations, the grisly tales in this volume will not disappoint young horror addicts. From empty houses, ghostly dolls and laughing skulls to haunted villages, shapeshifting jackals and vengeful cats—prepare to encounter dangerous elements and explore uncharted territories created by some of the masters of the genre.

So, watch your step and look around. These hair-raising stories are guaranteed to make your flesh creep. This book will make for a perfect read on long winter evenings of drawn curtains and dim lights.

AUTHOR OF THE BOOK

Ruskin Bond is known for his signature simplistic and witty writing style. He is the author of several bestselling short stories, novellas, collections, essays and children’s books; and has contributed a number of poems and articles to various magazines and anthologies. At the age of twenty-three, he won the prestigious John Llewellyn Rhys Prize for his first novel, The Room on the Roof. He was also the recipient of the Padma Shri in 1999, Lifetime Achievement Award by the Delhi Government in 2012, and the Padma Bhushan in 2014.

Born in 1934, Ruskin Bond grew up in Jamnagar, Shimla, New Delhi and Dehradun. Apart from three years in the UK, he has spent all his life in India, and now lives in Landour, Mussoorie, with his adopted family.