Raya, Isha. You’ll Never Forget Me. January 13, 2026. 304 pages. Bantam. DEBUT
Always a bridesmaid, that’s Dimple Kapoor. She looks so like her rival for movie roles, Irene Singh, that they can’t be in the same movies. Casting directors must choose one or the other, and it seems they always go for Irene. It all comes to a head at a glitzy party at Irene’s Hollywood home. The two verbally spar at the top of some stairs, and Irene ends up at the bottom, dead, after a push from Dimple, who suddenly finds her career taking off as a result. All’s fair in love and movie roles, right? But Dimple learns to her horror that someone saw what happened and has evidence. As she takes care of that situation, too, ruthless private investigator Saffi Mirai Iyer is on to her and laser-focused on getting justice. The clash of two women who are twinned in their ambition and inability to back down, but completely different in their goals, creates an absorbing moral game, while the spoiled Hollywood expectations of the main character adds a delicious love-to-hate element. Dimple is the bridezilla of actresses and readers won’t be able to look away from this fast-moving debut thriller.
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