MEHBOOB MURDERER
AUTHOR: NUPUR ANAND
PUBLISHER: OM BOOKS INTERNATIONAL
GENRE: THRILLER/MURDER MYSTERY/CRIME FICTION
PUBLICATION DATE: 16th MARCH, 2019
FORMAT: PAPERBACK
PAGES COUNT: 281
GOODREADS RATING: 4.40/5 (25 Ratings)
MY RATING: 4/5
BLURB: (Taken From Amazon)
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 meters 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 a stunning truth neither the police nor the reader is prepared for.
MY REVIEW:
'Mehboob Murderer' by the debutant author Nupur Anand is a crime fiction that follows the story of Inspector Abbas and his team solving the murder mystery of six people who were killed gruesomely in an old Parsi cafe in Mumbai named Cafe Mehboob.
Six people are gunned down mercilessly in an old Parsi cafe in Mumbai named Cafe Mehboob. Inspector Abbas and his team get the task to solve the crime within 14 days. The more they get into the case, the more complicated it becomes.
Will they be able to find out the murderer? Read the story to find it out.
The reason I picked up this book was because of its blurb. I found it so intriguing. And I am glad I did pick it up because the book was indeed remarkable.
The narrative style was fast-paced and very engaging. The 'whodunnit' factor makes the book unputdownable. It was hard for me to fall asleep before finishing the book. Nupur Anand is a brilliant storyteller. I liked the way she has characterized the city of Mumbai in the novel. The way she has etched all the characters and set the plotline, it is commendable. I loved reading the background stories as well as the emotional insights of all the characters.
The language was simple and lucid. The only thing that irked me about this book was the editing mistakes. The ending was dramatic. I hope that the author writes a second book on it.
All in all, 'Mehboob Murderer' was a nail-biting thriller and I had a good time reading it. I would definitely recommend this book to all the murder mystery/thriller fans.
To buy a copy of the book, click on the link here
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Nupur Anand is a Mumbai-based journalist from Patna, Bihar. She completed her early education from Notre Dame Academy and St. Joseph’s Convent, Patna. Literature is her favorite subject in school, she actively participated and won several creative writing competitions. She studied English Honours at Miranda House, in Delhi University. Here, theatre struck a chord with her and she joined Anukriti–the Hindi Dramatics Society as an actor and scriptwriter.
During the three years in college, she and her team bagged over 60 awards. After post-graduation in Journalism from the Indian Institute of Journalism & New Media, Bengaluru, she worked at Bloomberg TV, where within six months, she became the key producer for the primetime news anchored by the channel's Editor-In-Chief. The shows produced by her were always amongst the top-rated shows of the channel. Eventually, she decided to shift gears and move to print journalism. She kicked off her career with The Economic Times, where she was a part of the team that launched India’s first personal finance newspaper–The ET Wealth. Next, she joined DNA, where her stories regularly made front-page news, after which she moved to Business Standard in 2014.
Currently, she is a writer with Quartz India. Mehboob Murderer is Nupur Anand’s debut work of fiction.
*I received a copy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest and unbiased review.*
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AUTHOR: NUPUR ANAND
PUBLISHER: OM BOOKS INTERNATIONAL
GENRE: THRILLER/MURDER MYSTERY/CRIME FICTION
PUBLICATION DATE: 16th MARCH, 2019
FORMAT: PAPERBACK
PAGES COUNT: 281
GOODREADS RATING: 4.40/5 (25 Ratings)
MY RATING: 4/5
BLURB: (Taken From Amazon)
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 meters 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 a stunning truth neither the police nor the reader is prepared for.
MY REVIEW:
'Mehboob Murderer' by the debutant author Nupur Anand is a crime fiction that follows the story of Inspector Abbas and his team solving the murder mystery of six people who were killed gruesomely in an old Parsi cafe in Mumbai named Cafe Mehboob.
Six people are gunned down mercilessly in an old Parsi cafe in Mumbai named Cafe Mehboob. Inspector Abbas and his team get the task to solve the crime within 14 days. The more they get into the case, the more complicated it becomes.
Will they be able to find out the murderer? Read the story to find it out.
The reason I picked up this book was because of its blurb. I found it so intriguing. And I am glad I did pick it up because the book was indeed remarkable.
The narrative style was fast-paced and very engaging. The 'whodunnit' factor makes the book unputdownable. It was hard for me to fall asleep before finishing the book. Nupur Anand is a brilliant storyteller. I liked the way she has characterized the city of Mumbai in the novel. The way she has etched all the characters and set the plotline, it is commendable. I loved reading the background stories as well as the emotional insights of all the characters.
The language was simple and lucid. The only thing that irked me about this book was the editing mistakes. The ending was dramatic. I hope that the author writes a second book on it.
All in all, 'Mehboob Murderer' was a nail-biting thriller and I had a good time reading it. I would definitely recommend this book to all the murder mystery/thriller fans.
To buy a copy of the book, click on the link here
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Nupur Anand is a Mumbai-based journalist from Patna, Bihar. She completed her early education from Notre Dame Academy and St. Joseph’s Convent, Patna. Literature is her favorite subject in school, she actively participated and won several creative writing competitions. She studied English Honours at Miranda House, in Delhi University. Here, theatre struck a chord with her and she joined Anukriti–the Hindi Dramatics Society as an actor and scriptwriter.
During the three years in college, she and her team bagged over 60 awards. After post-graduation in Journalism from the Indian Institute of Journalism & New Media, Bengaluru, she worked at Bloomberg TV, where within six months, she became the key producer for the primetime news anchored by the channel's Editor-In-Chief. The shows produced by her were always amongst the top-rated shows of the channel. Eventually, she decided to shift gears and move to print journalism. She kicked off her career with The Economic Times, where she was a part of the team that launched India’s first personal finance newspaper–The ET Wealth. Next, she joined DNA, where her stories regularly made front-page news, after which she moved to Business Standard in 2014.
Currently, she is a writer with Quartz India. Mehboob Murderer is Nupur Anand’s debut work of fiction.
*I received a copy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest and unbiased review.*
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