Review of Murder in Paharganj by Kulpreet Yadav

Book: Murder in Paharganj

Author: Kulpreet Yadav

Available at: Flipkart

The mystery opens on a very crisp note, bang with a murder, of course. An out of work journalist Vicks Menon is informed by the hotel authorities and he dives head-first into the case reaching the murder scene even before the police. The plot starts on a very intriguing note and it starts to hook the reader.

There are numerous side characters, which have been developed quite nicely by the author. The book takes you on a tour of Udaipur, Delhi, Bangkok and even Sikkim. Each and side character has some important part to play in the plot and that is where the book loses out because there are just so many characters and so many roles that they play. The storyline meanders a bit and starts to confuse the reader slowly and towards the end, the ending seems like a Plan B.

Vicks Menon is out to prove himself with this case and also get his job back. And that is where the plot meanders a bit and becomes rushed. The intriguing starting of the book starts to fizzle out a bit and the ending is even more rushed. 

In having so many characters and events, the author has managed to left out a few unexplained events, which of course do not sit well with any discerning reader. All in all, a decent effort by the author but the book did need the services of a good editor, who could have crisply edited it to make it more relevant and thrilling.