Name: Mehboob Murderer
Author: Nupur Anand
Publication: Om Books International
Price: INR 295.00
Genre: Crime, Mystery & Thriller
Mehboob Murder is the debuting book of Nupur Anand, who is a journalist by profession. It is one of those few debuting books that keeps the reader glued to its pages till the very end. The book describes the police procedural that takes place in India on the event of a murder or mass murder.
Most of us city dwellers have almost made it a habit in our busy schedule to grab a bite from a cafe or a road side food corner that is location near our place of work or on our way to work. What if, we are enjoying our food in one of these cafes while someone is eyeing us with his finger on the trigger. Yes, this is exactly what happens at Cafe Mehboob. At night near the Churchgate station, Mumbai, few regulars and few one time customers are busy with their food when suddenly bullets starts flying. Each and every bullet finds its mark as a result of which a dining place gets converted to a graveyard overnight. Next morning, the owner of the cafe becomes the first witness to this heinous crime and police is being called. Rest of the story tells a tale of how the police acts under the pressure of a limited timeline set by the home minister himself. How the ideologies and approach towards the murder is divided among the investigating officers. While the murderer remains at large one question looms, Is the murderer a mentally disturbed person or is this a planned one.
The plot has been beautifully crafted . Although I belief more details could have been provided to the police inspection that has taken place. The interrogations could have been more broad. Overall the book is really a good read and I am looking forward for the next in line.
Rating: 4.2/5
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 being her favourite 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.
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