A struggling author delves deeper into a murky past through the pages of his diary to unravel the mystery surrounding his father’s death. As he pens down his thoughts on what chain of events could have culminated in his Dad’s demise all those years ago, he also begins seeking answers to other questions that had been gnawing at him; questions about his first love, his subsequent loves, his long-time friendships, the loss of those friendships, his ambitions, his choices, and as ever, about the enigma that his father was to him. Amidst these queries that lie stranded in the Purgatory of half-forgotten riddles, he needs to sort out the pieces that complete his jigsaw puzzle.

Date: 25th December, 2017

John A. Raju is a daytime business analyst, (currently working at Tesco) and a night-time author. He took a break after three years at his first job to complete his debut novel ‘The Purgatory of Half-Forgotten Riddles’. He occasionally writes on Quora, and has published articles on Youth ki Awaaz (https://www. youthkiawaaz.com/). He is an avid cricket and Formula 1 fan as well. He maintains a blog https://fourththoughts.wordpress. com/, where he pens poems and pieces that range from book reviews to cricket, and other random musings.