The Night Of The Storm: A Novel

Hurricane Harvey is about to hit Houston. Meanwhile, single mom Jia Shah is already having a rough week: her twelve-year-old son, Ishaan, has just been suspended from school for getting in a fight. Still reeling from the fallout of her divorce - their move to Houston, her family´s disapproval, the struggle to make ends meet on her own - now Jia is worried about Ishaan´s future, too. Will her solo parenting be enough? Doesn´t a boy need a father? And now their apartment complex is under a mandatory evacuation order. Jia´s sister, Seema, has invited them to hunker down in her fancy house in Sugar Land, and despite Jia´s misgivings - Seema´s husband Vipul has been just a little too friendly with her lately - Jia concedes it´s probably the best place to keep Ishaan safe during the hurricane. With Jia´s philandering ex scrutinizing her every move, all too eager to snatch back custody of Ishaan, she can´t afford to make a mistake. When Vipul´s brother and his wife show up at Seema´s doorstep, too, it´s a recipe for disaster. Grandma, the family matriarch, has never been shy about playing favorites among her sons and their wives. As the storm escalates, tensions rise quickly, and soon, someone´s dead. Was it a horrible accident or is there a murderer in their midst? With no help available until the floodwaters recede in the morning, Jia must protect her son and identify the culprit before she goes down for a crime she didn t commit - or becomes the next victim...