Tag Archives: thriller

Title: The Shadow Throne
Author: Aroon Raman
Publisher: Pan Macmillan India
ISBN: 978-81-923-9800-6
Genre: Thriller
Pages: 332
Source: Publisher
Rating: 5/5
I am not a fan of thrillers. I do not read them and they do not interest me. There have been times I have picked up a thriller just like that and surprisingly so loved it. This was one of those. I received an advance review copy of one of Pan Macmillan India’s Lead Title, “The Shadow Throne” by Aroon Raman and tore through it one day. It is…

Title: The Gods of Gotham
Author: Lyndsay Faye
Publisher: Amy Einhorn Books
ISBN: 978-0399158377
Genre: Thriller, Crime Fiction
Pages: 432
Source: Publisher
Rating: 4/5
It is not easy to write a good thriller and a crime novel. All the elements need to be in place – the setting, the place, the characters and the crime but of course. Everything to the finest detail – after all nothing can go amiss in such type of a genre. This is what Lyndsay Faye has effortlessly achieved in her book, “The Gods of…

Title: The Lost Story
Authors: Amit Goyal and Sudhanshu Gupta
Publisher: Grapevine India Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
ISBN: 978-9381841020
Genre: Fiction
Pages: 224
Source: Author via Bookrack.in
Rating: 3.5/5
When I was first told by Bookrack to review, “The Lost Story”, I wasn’t really sure if I wanted to. I mean, I hadn’t heard of the book at all and honestly I could not say much of it based on a synopsis. I needed to read a chapter at least to figure whether or not I wanted to review it. However,…

Author: Salil Desai
Publisher: Gyaana Books

Senior Inspector Saralkar has just returned to his desk after attending a Secrets of living course for police officers in Pune. It clearly did not offer him peace. He is now eagerly waiting to sink his teeth into a new case. A body has been found in the back seat of a car in the tow yard of the Chaturshringi police station in Pune. To PSI Motkar is seems to be a straightforward case of suicide, but the senior inspector is not convinced. He…

Title: The Newsroom MafiaAuthor: Oswald PereiraPublisher: Grey Oak-WestlandPrice: Rs. 245Pages: 303Rating: 4 on 5 starts
Is there a genre of fiction that can be called a masala thriller? Or a bollywood thriller? Well, if there were one, then Oswald Pereira‘s debut novel would effortlessly claim the golden throne among the list of books belonging to this category. What a read!
The Newsroom Mafia is a journalist’s take on the crime syndicate that thrives in the dingy alleyways of Mumbai. Veteran journalist Oswald Pereira has woven a sensational story around the…

Author: Manjiri Prabhu
Publisher: Rupa & Co.

The theft of the precious mineral stone, the cavansite, from The Crystal Museum of Minerals has left everyone puzzled, more so because the modus operandi of the theft has uncanny similarities with an international bestseller, The Cavansite Conspiracy by Chris Carver. While the police and the curator of the museum are on the hunt, a spiritual group in Bangkok too is interested in acquiring it by any means.

Meanwhile, Koyal Karnik, a lecturer in communication studies working in Hamburg, Germany, arrives in Pune…

Author: Douglas MisquitaPublisher: Frog Books
FBI Special Agent Kirk Ingram’s life is torn apart when his family is brutally murdered before his eyes. Devastated physically and psychologically, he vows to destroy organized crime in all forms. Across the globe, an international trade house brings terrorist activities and organized crime together in a deadly nexus that threatens to bring the world-order to the point of anarchy. And only one man stands in the way of global terror and paranoia-one man seeking redemption, and waging a personal battle against the demons of…

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A fairly taut and gripping tale, Prey By The Ganges does manage to hold your interest until the very end.
Debutant author Hemant Kumar has impressed with his maiden offering and will certainly be someone to watch out for in the future.
The book jacket cover instantly grabs your attention; you want to read it, and once you start … you cannot really put it down until the last page has been turned.
The book feels good to hold and I don’t really recollect any editing errors; so…

“If I Pretend I Am Sorry! Will You Pretend And Forgive Me?” by Prashant Sharma takes you through the big bad world of Mumbai and describes the journey of three characters who are all related to each other, but not for once in the book all the characters meet together and you have to leaf through this pacy thriller to un-ravel the connection between them.
Coming to the characters in brief, first Rannvijay Singh aka Naqaab, the willy and cunning among them, never leave any trace in his murder sites…

Note: I am trying to write this review with numerous bhakti songs (read: Kannada and Tamil matinee songs) – courtesy an extended Ganesh Chaturthi – playing in the background.
It is a Herculean task, I tell you. Writing the review, I mean *Sigh*
If I Pretend I Am Sorry! Will You Pretend And Forgive Me? is the second offering from Prashant Sharma, after Love, Life & a Beer Can!
It is a curious title for a novel, but then there is nothing like a curious title to pique the readers’…