We have to act, sir. Review of ‘The Karachi Deception’
Well, the title I have chosen for this review tells me a lot about what is there in this thriller. There are people putting up an act, there are those to whom these words are like a catalyst, and yet again there are times when the same words become a grim pointer to some ground...
As the night grew darker… Review of ‘RIP’
Nerves stretched to breaking point now. Then all four were on board. Now! ‘Zorawar,’ Krishna hissed into the headset. Along with the code word to commence strike, the flash bang in his hand was cast forward. Just like that, the operation attained critical mass. The flash bangs exploded with mind-numbing roars. Breaking out of the...
The philosopher is more important than the stone. Review of ‘The Krishna Key’
‘Chhedi and Priya were stumped.’ Well, I’m sure most of the characters even inside this novel must’ve been stumped. As a reader and very much an outsider for all that this book has, even I was thoroughly stumped. Just look at what a reader has to agree to believe. ‘Just take the name Noah and...
Murder is murder. Everything else is just details. (Review of ‘The devotion of suspect X’ by Keigo Higashino)
Yes, this one is a murder story. The first forty-eight pages hold your hands and take you around this little town by the river Sumida. They build an image within you that you cannot forget and at the same time rapidly build the characters of Yasuko, her daughter Misato, the Math teacher Ishigami, and Togashi,...
