With history having the power to inspire, kindle, arouse and even inflame, it is not surprising that thriller writers have looked to it as fodder for their stories. The feature common to most thrillers is, to quote James Patterson, the world’s most popular thriller writer, “the intensity of emotions they create”. India is no exception to this trend, with books such as those from Ashwin Sanghi’s Bharat series and Vineet Bajpai’s Harappa series routinely topping the bestseller charts.Īt one level, this is not surprising. Starting with Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code, which was released in 2003, some of the most successful books across the world have been contemporary thrillers with a historical underpinning. Step into the crime or thriller section of a bookstore, and you can be forgiven for thinking that you have chanced upon a somewhat colorful version of the history section.
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