Shahzad Rizvi: 12 books

Shahzad Rizvi's "intensely romantic" poems trace a journey from a search for connection, through heartache, disappointment, betrayal and doubt, to a life-affirming, fulfilling culmination in lasting, faithful love.

A spirited Indian woman falls in love with a writer she's never met, refusing all other suitors. When he appears, he's nothing like she'd dreamed. Her life with him is hell; his vanity and treachery nearly destroy her. She begins an affair with a handsome teacher, threatening her family's honor. Rashida's story unfolds against a sweeping backdrop of Indian history.

British diplomat Nigel loves India and Muslim culture, but not his spoiled wife Pamela. He falls in love with the married Muslim princess of the state where he serves. When Pamela is murdered, Nigel has an obvious motive, but did he do it? His only hope for exoneration lies with the state's Jewish...

Mayu, a brilliant woman, still somehow can't get her relationships right. Though she's vowed to avoid the fate of her abused mother, she marries a womanizer whose affairs sap her self-confidence. She tries to fill the holes in her heart with one unsatisfactory affair after another. At last...

Five fairy tales of India for children. A boy who dreamed of flying gets his wish in a most astonishing way. A child lost in an earthquake turns up in a jungle Eden. When a boy befriends a crocodile, the two overcome their neighbors' dread with an act of heroism. An orphan boy weds a princess...

This historical novel, set in Washington, Moscow, and Pakistan in the 1980’s, imagines a Soviet attempt to install a puppet government in Pakistan in the last years of the Cold War. Two related stories unfold side by side. The first is the seduction, sexual and political, of a Pakistani general....

Jemima is one of the last people evacuated from Earth before its final ecological catastrophe. As she attempts to adapt to life in a refugee colony on Mars, and finds herself falling for a Martian, she faces hard questions. How can she remain faithful to her past, while embracing the challenges and...

Arsalan, a Pakistani student, wins a chance to be educated in Cold War America and begins a rise to the tip-top of the US foreign policy establishment, the National Security Council. Two beautiful women are strangely helpful to him, insinuating themselves into his life and his bed. An FBI agent, Hank,...

Sami Ullah, an Indian executive, feels mysteriously drawn to the ruined mansion. His move to Purfiza plunges him into a complex political mess outside his doors, and a bewitching romance within. A shape-shifting ghost claims him as her own lost love, drawing him inexorably into a drama of greed, passion, betrayal, and violence that has been waiting for him for more than 150 years.

Two small-town girls, lifelong friends, make it to the top in Washington, D.C., each in her own way. Gentle, conscientious Minnie finds love, while ambitious, scheming Maxie's relentless pursuit of wealth and power attracts two powerful men: a grasping Senator and the handsome, vapid President....

This lively collection of stories, set in America and India, explores love, loss, and the muddle between the two. In the title story, a student falls in love with a mysterious neighbor who'd be perfect... if she weren't dead. In "Rage," an actor discovers a wrenching truth about the boy...

When a Mafia princess is found dead in her dorm room, her roommate Sabby, the daughter of Pakistani immigrants, is accused of murder. Both girls were in love with the same handsome student, and Sabby is an expert in poisons. As the story moves from Pakistan to Sicily to Hollywood, international vendettas,...