Varun Gwalani

Varun Gwalani is the author of six novels: Believe, The First Storyteller, The Story Circle, The Novel Year, Who Saves the Hero? and The Only Way Out is Death. Each book is a different genre, with his latest book "The Only Way Out is Death" being a murder mystery thriller.
In addition to being an author, Varun has been a teacher of creative writing and English for several years now. He's an advocate for mental health awareness, having given a TEDx talk and written several articles on Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.
Varun also loves reading, board games and video games, and he can often be find blending these interests by playing a visual novel. He would also like to tell you about the thing he hates the most: writing in third-person.

Author's books

The only way out Is Death

The Only Way Out Is Death

Twelve people. One mastermind. Who will survive?

 

Loved watching the Korean survival drama Squid Game? Eagerly awaiting Season 2? Read Varun Gwalani’s latest murder mystery to tide you over until the new season!

 

From author Varun Gwalani comes a new escape room murder mystery. The Only Way Out is Death is a fast-paced suspense novel set in an empty hotel, where twelve people have to kill to survive.

 

Twelve powerful people are kidnapped and imprisoned in an empty hotel.

 

Each of them has three choices:

 

Live out the rest of their days peacefully in the hotel,

 

Die by suicide so the rest of their companions can go free,

 

Or murder one of their companions so they alone can go free.

 

The Only Way Out is Death follows the story of these twelve people from the perspective of a young lawyer, Kiriaki, told as the events unfold. She has to forge uneasy alliances, navigate complex relationships and feuds, and, above all, try to stay alive.

 

Beware of the mastermind of this death game, who is lurking just out of view, watching them closely, making sure they are primed for murder. Place your bets on who will survive, if you dare.

 

“… Saw meets Squid Game meets Agatha Christie. Such a gripping read!!” – Satyasha, Influencer

 

“Taut, complex and full of surprises, this page turner will keep you locked in till the very end.” – Richa S Mukherjee, Author of An Unfinished Melody and Kanpur Khoofiya pvt. ltd.

 

The Novel Year

The Novel Year

What happens when a planet of people are pushed into their homes indefinitely and without warning? What would happen to lives so abruptly turned upside down? How would people find solace and community and hope in this time?

 

Follow along with multiple first-person perspectives of people struggling through a pandemic, and you will find an honest reckoning of how people cope with the world when they are exposed to their darkest thoughts and basest impulses. You’ll find someone with mental illness, a teacher, a nurse, an activist, along with plenty of those who want to exploit the pandemic for their own benefit- and those who succumb to them. What will the mix of all these different strains result in, when they are all suffering under the brunt of this novel virus strain?

 

Who saves the hero

Who Saves The Hero?

The love of Sean’s life is coming back to town, and he’s terrified.

 

Samantha broke his heart and left him an anxiety-riddled mess, but now that she’s back, will they get back together?

 

Or will Sean heed the warnings of his best friend, Angelica, who claims that Samantha is not who she seems?

 

What Sean doesn’t know is, something darker and more vicious awaits him. Will he be able to survive it?