'Anappara creates an endearing and highly engaging narrator to navigate us through the dark
underbelly of modern India' Observer 'I love this book...I just fell into it' Tayari Jones We
children are not just stories. We live. Come and see. Nine-year-old Jai watches too many
reality cop shows thinks he's smarter than his friend Pari (even though she always gets top
marks) and considers himself to be a better boss than Faiz (even though Faiz is the one with a
job). When a boy at school goes missing Jai decides to use the crime-solving skills he has
picked up from episodes of Police Patrol to find him. With Pari and Faiz by his side Jai
ventures into some of the most dangerous parts of the sprawling Indian city the bazaar at
night and even the railway station at the end of the Purple Line. But kids continue to vanish
and the trio must confront terrified parents an indifferent police force and soul-snatching
djinns in order to uncover the truth 'A heartrending tale' The Times 'Djinn Patrol is
storytelling at its best' Anne Enright
