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Thrillers #16

by Surender Mohan Pathak

सुनील को ग्लैमर बॉय की उपाधि देकर, उसकी अताशीश सफलता में पक्षपात का हवाला देकर इन्स्पेक्टर प्रभूदयाल ने एक केस की स्वतंत्र रूप से तहकीकात करने की मांग कर डाली । परिणामस्वरूप उसके सामने थी डबल मर्डर की एक पेचीदा, मकड़ी के जाले की तरह उलझी हुई दास्तान, जो उसके लिये स्वयं उसके सृजनकर्ता का चैलेन्ज थी ।

241 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 1, 1983

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

[Satyajeet]

Prabhudayal proves, he's no slouch. A fantastic murder mystery.

[Anunay Sharma]

This book is a murder mystery with one ingenious twist: The main character is aware that he is an author's creation and continually interacts with his creator through a minor character of the story. And through this one minor change, every flaw, plot convenience and improbabilities doesn't feel like mistakes at all, rather they all feel like the pieces of a puzzle provided by the author to his character. Coming to the story, it's a good and twisty mystery with an ample amount of red herrings, false leads and dialogues, yes dialogues because nearly 90% of the story is told through dialogues. All in all, it's a good whodunit with a very meta twist.

[Biswajit Patnaik]

Another classy thriller from the master storyteller. A double murder, an empty house, multiple suspects and the challenge to solve the case to prove that he is the best. SMP spins a typical Indian pulp-fiction crime thriller that takes us on a roller coaster ride with his favourite character, Inspector Prabhu Dayal.

If you are a fan of desi Indian crime fiction, this is a good book to start with. Looking forward to reading his other series (which is in the number above 300).

[Sbijapure]

A very interesting story written in a gripping style. It is a really complicated mystery involving a dozen characters apart from the protagonist. The author has handled the complications with great skill.
The binding, printing and paper used to make this book are of good quality.

[Nikhil]

A solid, fast-paced crime thriller with sharp dialogue and an engaging mystery. The pacing keeps things moving, but the plot feels somewhat familiar and the twists aren’t particularly surprising. Character depth is limited, yet it remains an entertaining, dependable read overall.

[Keshav Shah]

Ultimate

Ultimate book salute to my favorite author pathak saheb God bless him live 100 years and make the score hoti 1000 .

[Guru Prasad]

Enjoyed reading till the end

[V S]

उत्कृष्ट उपन्यास।

रहस्यपूर्ण कथानक पर आधारित बेमिसाल उपन्यास जिसमें बिना सुनील की दखल अंदाजी के इंस्पेक्टर प्रभूदयाल केस को हल कर लेता है पर हत्यारे को गिरफ्तार नहीं कर पाता।

[Aman]

Okish book… nothing great.

[Akash]

The mystery was gripping and well-crafted. A shorter, tighter edit could have made it much more impactful.

[buny]

Goddamnit I wish I was good at Hindi 😭😭😭😭😭

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