Black Limericks

Seventeen-year-old Maya has always felt like a background figure, overshadowed by her genius younger brother Jayant. Her one gift is a knack for producing limericks on the spot, a talent that leaves her brother unmoved and her friends appalled. The exception is Yash, a quick-witted, precocious 15-year-old she meets on holiday at her uncle's beach resort on the west coast.

Then a terrible truth, held back at a critical moment, changes her life. Maya suddenly finds herself at the centre of everyone's attention, with the world regarding her with awe and respect.

But her obnoxious 19-year-old cousin Hari has plans of his own, and he pursues them with predatory cunning. What follows is a nightmare that seems to have no way out for Maya. On a night when the spring tide runs high, she comes face to face with her greatest fear once more and must decide whether she will redeem or condemn herself for good.