Smoke Screen
Smoke Screen
by Atharva Inamdar
Smoke Screen is a noir & hardboiled book by Atharva Inamdar with a focus on Mumbai Noir. Gritty, cynical, and atmospheric, this book walks the dark streets where morality is always in question. Noir fiction is honest about the world in ways that polite literature avoids. Written in 2022 and published in 2024 by The Book Nexus, this work spans 58,893 words across approximately 236 pages.
The mumbai noir focus gives this book a specific angle within the broader noir & hardboiled genre, offering readers a targeted exploration of ideas and themes that matter within this space.
Reading Experience
At 58,893 words (approximately 236 pages), this is a full-length book. Expect around 4.9 hours of reading time. At this length, there is room to build complex arguments, develop characters with real depth, or explore a topic from several angles. A noir & hardboiled book at this scale can take its time and still hold your attention.
About the Author
Smoke Screen comes from 2022, during the years when over 1,500 books had no platform. Amazon had shut the door. Draft2Digital said they were "a small company for small authors." The writing never stopped — Atharva was 25 and still producing noir & hardboiled work with no clear path to publication. Noir fiction — cynical, atmospheric, morally ambiguous — provides a natural home for stories drawn from the darker chapters of a publishing career.
Publication History
Published on April 10th, 2024, Smoke Screen was one of 10 titles released that month. Originally written in 2022, it reached publication 2 years later — not unusual for a catalog where some books waited years for the right moment. Published through The Book Nexus, the Indian publishing entity that handles ISBN management and distribution for the full catalog. ISBN: 978-93-7184-315-7. 2024 saw 114 titles published in total across the catalog.
Explore This Genre
Smoke Screen is one of 9 books in the noir & hardboiled category within this catalog. Readers who enjoy this book may find themselves drawn to other noir & hardboiled titles in the collection, each approaching the genre from a different angle and with a different focus. The mumbai noir focus specifically connects this book to a tradition of writing that values depth over breadth, offering readers something targeted rather than general.
Publication Details
- Publisher
- The Book Nexus
- ISBN-13
- 978-93-7184-315-7
- Year Written
- 2022