In a word - gripping!
I'm talking about a 100-odd paged novel that was handed to me by a dear colleague, who said his niece is a budding writer. What caught my attention was the title - A Minute To Death. Murder mysteries are generally a fast read, 'sure-to-not-bore-you' theme. It was easy to carry... kept me engaged even through my most important of assignments at work. Kudos to Ganga Bharani, the author.
Set in Chennai, I could relate to the context - right from the name Raghavan Colony to Kamal's movie - Vettaiyaadu Vilayadu... Reason is simple, the city has always been my first love... It was a refreshing change from the books that I have read where it starts in Philadelphia or a Seattle. But to see a Roshan and a Riya there was a bit alien, until you get used to the names in the following chapters.
The story had to start with the death of a young girl that sets both Roshan (an inspector) and Riya (a passionate fresher of a writer) rolling through a spate of thrilling events discovered through interrogations... chilling facts drawn through social media analysis and ultimately find themselves drowned in solving what appears to be a serial murder.
The disappointment comes when you realise a few typos that impedes the speed as the suspense grows rapidly through the chapters; 'stuffs', for instance. Certain scenes (I almost imagine a book like a movie as I read) too could have been said better... scenes involving the romance between the two, for instance...
However, all said and down, I couldn't stop for a minute until I finished 'A Minute To Death' entirely. It taught me what death is... it made me feel old when I learnt the trending talks of youngsters in college... It made me smile when the guy in love makes a fool of himself... and finally, it made me write this to let Ganga Bharani and my colleague know that we would love to read many more such books. Good Luck!
I'm talking about a 100-odd paged novel that was handed to me by a dear colleague, who said his niece is a budding writer. What caught my attention was the title - A Minute To Death. Murder mysteries are generally a fast read, 'sure-to-not-bore-you' theme. It was easy to carry... kept me engaged even through my most important of assignments at work. Kudos to Ganga Bharani, the author.
Set in Chennai, I could relate to the context - right from the name Raghavan Colony to Kamal's movie - Vettaiyaadu Vilayadu... Reason is simple, the city has always been my first love... It was a refreshing change from the books that I have read where it starts in Philadelphia or a Seattle. But to see a Roshan and a Riya there was a bit alien, until you get used to the names in the following chapters.
The story had to start with the death of a young girl that sets both Roshan (an inspector) and Riya (a passionate fresher of a writer) rolling through a spate of thrilling events discovered through interrogations... chilling facts drawn through social media analysis and ultimately find themselves drowned in solving what appears to be a serial murder.
The disappointment comes when you realise a few typos that impedes the speed as the suspense grows rapidly through the chapters; 'stuffs', for instance. Certain scenes (I almost imagine a book like a movie as I read) too could have been said better... scenes involving the romance between the two, for instance...
However, all said and down, I couldn't stop for a minute until I finished 'A Minute To Death' entirely. It taught me what death is... it made me feel old when I learnt the trending talks of youngsters in college... It made me smile when the guy in love makes a fool of himself... and finally, it made me write this to let Ganga Bharani and my colleague know that we would love to read many more such books. Good Luck!
