Tuesday, July 25, 2017

The Mahabharata Murders by Arnab Ray - A five star thriller, no less

Arnab Ray, probably better known by his blogger persona "greatbong", has pulled up another gem out of his hat with his newest murder mystery thriller - The Mahabharata Murders


Both the author and his works, are unlike what sells like hot-cakes these days among the Indian English readers and can genuinely be compared to the international best sellers of similar genres. His previous one, the mafia saga Sultans of Delhi - Ascension is another pointer in this regard.

Coming back to The Mahabharata Murders, it is one of those kinds of novels that grabs you by the neck and doesn't allow your attention to veer away even for a minute. Extremely well paced, the author takes you on one hell of a ride and the way he has developed the storyline, the readers can visualise, as in a good screenplay, the different situations unfolding in front of their own eyes. The heady combo of one of the greatest epics intertwined with the dark underbelly of Kolkata underworld, with the most unlikely of homicide detectives battling her own personal demons and trying to catch an extremely clever serial killer, who believes himself to the reincarceration of Duryodhana, makes it unputdownable.

The classic double twist in the end (I could sense at least one of them, but wasn't prepared at all for the second) will leave the readers in shock and awe.

Again, probably no literally work is fool proof and at least in one of the murders, the justification seemed weak. But, the complete package is worth its salt!

Overall, this is a must read and I can vouch that both the time and money of readers will be well spent.

I sincerely hope that Arnab comes up with a sequel of Detective Ruksana Ahmed's exploits in a forthcoming novel. I also hope that this gets transferred in to the visual medium, either as film or a television series.


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