Author Interview: Sunny Singh

It's been another busy week on the blog but there's no let up in book news as today Sunny Singh joins me on the blog to talk about her latest book Hotel Arcadia which is published next week.

Sam is a war photographer famous for her hauntingly beautiful pictures of the dead. After a particularly gruelling assignment, she checks into an expensive hotel. Unfortunately she has chosen the exact moment terrorists attack the hotel. Abhi, the hotel manager, begs her to stay quiet and stay put. 

Abhi has never wanted to be a hero; a disappointment to his army father and brother. He thought he'd come to a safe haven at the hotel, a place where he could be himself. Now stuck inside the sealed-off manager's office in the middle of a terrorist attack, he is desperately trying to keep those still alive safe. His lover Dieter is amongst the hostages in the bar and the photographer Sam, refusing to stay in her room, is roaming through the hotel taking pictures, potentially coming face to face with the terrorists at any moment. 

A small child, Billy, is found alive under the bodies of his dead parents and Abhi has to persuade the non-maternal Sam to bring him back to her room. He's hurt and Sam has no clue how to look after a child. As the tension mounts and more people are killed, the bond between Sam and Abhi, between Sam and Billy, grows. If any of them get out alive, none of them will ever be the same...

Can you tell us a little bit about your latest novel Hotel Arcadia?
Sam is a war photographer who checks into a luxury hotel that is attacked by terrorists. Her way of coping is by reverting to what she does best – take photographs of an unfolding crisis.  Abhi, is the hotel manager, who is trying to keep as many people alive and safe as possible.  The novel follows these two very different people, from very different worlds, who are brought together by a terrible event during the course of the siege.