G S Dutt: 4 books

This book is the first in a series of other books to follow soon on adventures of Nikki, a young girl. She witnesses a gruesome murder committed on-board a cruise ship. Thrown in the sea by the killer, she miraculously survives only to find herself in the den of a deadly Mafia gang. On escaping from the Mafia's stranglehold, she is trapped by robbers and thugs.

Nikki came back and sat down on her bed. Esha's face came flooding into her mind. 'Where could she be? How will those ruffians treat her? Will she be in Dubai or have they taken her to India?' These thoughts kept troubling her. Much later in the night, someone nudged her awake. She rubbed her eyes and sat up on the bed. She was taken aback to see little Akram standing by her side.

Nikki, a junior high school student, and her friends go on a picnic at Crescent Point Valley. During the picnic, Jyoti, Nikki's roommate and best friend, goes hiking on a nearby hill on her own. Later, her body is found floating in the pool below the waterfall. The accident turns out to be a case of...

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