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Sunil #122

by सुरेन्द्र मोहन पाठक

कियारा को WhatsApp पर न्यूयॉर्क के एक नामचीन बैंक में वाइस प्रेसिडेंट के पद पर कार्यरत आदित्य खन्ना का invite आता है। और एक दिन वो कियारा को शादी के लिए राज़ी कर लेता है। लेकिन लौटने से पहले वह अपने नाम सारे गोल्ड बिस्किट्स, जेवर, नकद, डॉलर और सिक्योरिटी बांड एक कन्साइनमेंट से भारत भेजता है, और ड्यूटी में कुछ कमी हो जाने से कियारा को अपनी जायदाद के बड़े हिस्से से भरपाई करनी पड़ती है। लेकिन जब वह कस्टम से कन्साइनमेंट लेने पहुंचती है, तो उसके हाथ कुछ नहीं आता है। फिर छह महीने बाद पुलिस उसके दरवाज़े में आदित्य खन्ना के खून के सिलसिले में हाज़िर हो जाती है...

Genres: Crime

307 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 25, 2018

About the author

Surender Mohan Pathak, is an author of Hindi-language crime fiction with 314 books to his credit. His major characters are Crime reporter Sunil (unprecedented 123 Titles), Vimal (46 Titles) and Philosopher Detective Sudhir (23 titles). Apart from series, he has written 60+ Novels in thriller category.

Reviews

[Rajan · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a racy murder mystery.

It starts with a con. The method of the conman is simple. He traps single middle class girls who has money. He romances them and then makes his move. One fine day he is killed. Sunil comes to rescue of the girl who is prime suspect. Can he save her?

This is typical Sunil novel. I liked it immensely. Unputdownable. Vintage SMP.

[Shobhit Shobhit · Rating 5 out of 5]

Superb whodunit..

Sunil in action after a long time, full dose of suspense. One murder, too many suspects, whodunnit! SMP magic at it's best to keep readers engaged

[Aravind · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pathak is one of the stalwarts of Hindi pulp fiction and the English translation of his popular novels aims to broaden his fan base beyond the Hindi heartland. Conman is my second taste of his works after The Colaba Conspiracy and, I have to say, I am not yet ready to join the fan club. This is a whodunnit about a murder with many suspects which gets solved by the investigative abilities of a journalist. The plot is just okay and the dialogues, for the most part, are not as funny as intended. Maybe the translation has deprived it of the fun it is meant to have, but I was not very impressed. I may try to read one more, in Hindi if possible, before deciding about giving up on this otherwise very famous author.

[Sandeep Gautam · Rating 1 out of 5]

I used to read Hindi novels in my childhood (yes I really mean childhood)- novels by Ved Prakash Sharma, Surendra Mohan Patahk etc and had fond memories of them. These were my first brush with the written word, and I had keenly followed some serieses like the Sunil series. The current novel is of Sunil series, but I found it lacking.

Although I did manage to read it in a couple of days, it neither had a spell on me nor managed to surprise me by its ending. Also perhaps my 'taste' has really evolved over time - although I never believed in the snobbery of intellectual readers , and still have great respect to this class as a whole, alas the nostalgia of childhood was not created/ relived. Overall a very passable novel.

[Rajesh Rahgir · Rating 3 out of 5]

The thrill is gone

Always enjoyable, having read Mr Pathak since college. This particular Sunil series has thrill missing also characters should have evolved over the years.
Always a time pass read though.

[Suneet Juneja · Rating 5 out of 5]

Worth every penny - enjoyed thoroughly

Sunil, after so much time, with Ramakant, is so refreshing. Gripping storyline, excellent flow, true murder mystery... liked it very much

[Prabhat · Rating 1 out of 5]

Really disappointing compared to other books by Shri SMP.

[Vicram Kamlakar · Rating 4 out of 5]

Best Murder Mistry

One star less for Sunil & Ramakant's unwanted Dialogues. Happy for Prabhudayal's performance. But disappointed by eye witness thing. One word Good Mistry!

[Петр · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thrilling, exciting story. Well worth reading.

[Anish Kumar · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was my first book of mr. Pathak. The story is good however the hindi used was difficult to understand. Author also has a habit of Deviate from topic.

[oneatulinyahoo.co.in · Rating 1 out of 5]

बकवास

बकवास डाइलॉग भर के एक उपन्यास जैसा कुछ बना दिया गया है। जिसने भी इस लेखक के अन्य नावेल पढ़े होंगे वो बोर ही होगा इसको पढ़कर।

[Jiten Upadhyay (Team ThinkerViews) · Rating 3 out of 5]

I will give it around 7 stars out of 10.
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[Praveen Gupta · Rating 1 out of 5]

Rubbish

After around 25 years I read a novel of this writer and failed to understand why I had ever read any book of this writer even in my teenage.

[Satyajeet · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fantastic who done it.