Riot by Shashi Tharoor

                                                  Firstly the novel would have sold few more copies had it been renamed "No one killed Priscilla Hart ". Its an intriguing story about an idealistic girl's murder in the backdrop of riots,the Hindu-Muslim riots in a small town of Zalilgarh, in U.P set in 1989 . Violence and sex is the central theme of novel and author peddles his thoughts eloquently about ground realities prevalent during turmoil. So,what's unique about this novel unfortunately nothing (awesome sex description scenes).
                                                 An idealistic American student Priscilla Hart visits India to volunteer in women’s health programs and got embroiled in a steamy sexual relationship with a married IAS officer and that's the only part that can keep one captivated otherwise its in the backdrop of a religious riot with bad, ugly, bloodthirsty Hindus against innocent, submissive Muslims is a given, as the author is only reinforcing stereotype but that's the liberty an author has.