Mehboob Murderer is a murder mystery, written by Nupur Anand and published by Om Books International. It is a fiction and falls under thriller genre.
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Blurb
On a rainy September night, six people are gunned down mercilessly in an old Parsi café in Mumbai. The mass murder at Café Mehboob, located barely a few hundred metres from the police station, and right next to one of the busiest railway stations in Mumbai, jolts the city out of its complacence. The media immediately swings into action, while political pressure mounts on the police force to nab the mass murderer.
With everyone eager to place the blame of the murders on a madman in a bid to have the case dismissed swiftly, the headstrong Inspector Intekhaab Abbas is determined to get to the bottom of the murders. On probing the lives of the victims, he stumbles upon a heady cocktail of love, lust, jealousy, betrayal, rage, longing, misery and ecstasy.
Mehboob Murderer, Nupur Anand’s debut novel, unravels stunning truth neither the police nor the reader is prepared for.
Introduction
Nupur has done full justice with her debut novel. Writing a murder mystery is always a difficult ball game. The author needs to maintain the element of suspense and surprise. The murder mysteries are the big guessing game and the author needs to be ahead of readers. The story is well crafted, neither it is unnecessarily dragged nor rushed. The main plot has many subplots but all are weaved well into the main story. The plot and the characters are properly developed. Each character has got its own demons to fight, the story also showcases the after-effects of a disturbed or abused childhood. The person whole life goes into a downward spiral, due to childhood trauma.
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The story also showcases the kind of hard work goes behind the scene while solving a case. Many times in order to impress the public or due to the pressure the politicians end up making ambitious commitments, which takes a heavy toll on the police department. The author has drawn attention to many issues. This novel is worth picking.
Plot
On the day of Ganesh Visarjan, 6 people were murdered at an old Parsi café in Mumbai. The murders shook the whole city and built pressure on the Mumbai police to find the culprit at the earliest. It was not that simple to catch the culprit, the murderer has left no clues behind. Inspector Abbas was deputed on the case, with a tight deadline to solve the case in the next two weeks.
Inspector Abbas check on the past of all the victims and come across some shocking truths. The inspector has not only to solve the case but also have to put to rest his personal demons. The plot is full of many twists and turns and makes it an exciting read. I was unable to put the book down and finished it in one go.
Why pick the book:
- Good Read
- Gripping Plot
- Easy English
- Well connected narrative
- Crisp Editing
