Stacking the Shelves #42

Stacking the Shelves is a meme hosted by Tynga @ Tynga’s Reviews.

For Stacking the Shelves, I take the opportunity to share what books I've bought, won or received for review. Click on the book cover to go to Goodreads and find out more information.For Review:  Last week I was happy to receive Kishwar Desai's latest novel, The Sea of Innocence. I first became acquainted with Desai's work when I read her second novel, Origins of Love, a fascinating novel exploring surrogacy in India (this book is currently doing the rounds among my colleagues at work). Social Worker Simran Singh is back & ready to unravel another mystery in India. The Sea of Innocence is set in Goa and explores the very serious issue of sexual assault.

Goa, south India. A beautiful holiday hideaway where hippies and backpackers while away the hours. But beneath the clear blue skies lies a dirty secret…Simran Singh is desperate for a break and some time away from her busy job as a social worker-come-crime investigator. And so the unspoilt idyll of Goa seems just the place - white beaches, blue seas and no crime. But when a disturbing video appears on her phone, featuring a young girl being attacked by a group of men, she realises that a darkness festers at the heart of this supposed paradise. And when she discovers out that the girl is Liza Kay, a British teenager who has gone missing, she knows she must act in order to save her.But first Simran must break through the web of lies and dark connections that flourish on these beaches. Everyone, it seems, knows what has happened to the girl but no one is prepared to say. And when more videos appear, and Simran herself is targeted in order to keep her quiet, the paradise soon becomes a living nightmare.

What books have you added to your shelves this week?