Review: The Monsoon Murders

The Monsoon Murders by Karan Parmanandka
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

The Monsoon Murders sets a good pace throughout the story and is one of those books you wish to continue reading without a pause. I largely did that and finished the book faster than most others in recent times.

The story is about a murder of Arun Ruia, a senior executive of Fox Capital Inc – a financial service firm which has done very well in the past few years. The CEO of the company Jayesh Kumar requests Roy Kunte, an ex-police officer (who was forced to resign from the force) to further investigate the case. He is also worried about the impact this is having on Alina, Arun’s sister who seems distraught after her brother’s murder and also is a suspect.

There are several twists as the story moves along, as is to be expected, and Roy has to delve well into the past of many of the characters to uncover the truth. There are aspects of the police investigation which are not entirely straightforward either.

As I wrote at the outset, the pace is the biggest positive of the book. The investigative prowess of Roy is another positive. However, aspects of the plot are somewhat contrived and of the kind you have come to associate with Bollywood movies these days.

This is an excellent book to relax with, and for that I certainly recommend you read it.

My rating: 3.25 / 5.


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