Book Review #3: The Monsoon Murders by Karan Parmanandka

Book name: The Monsoon Murders
Author: Karan Parmanandka
Published by: Srishti Publishers & Distributors
Pages: 192
Genre: Crime Fiction, Murder Mystery

Review:
The Monsoon Murders is a murder mystery fiction set in a contemporary Mumbai and which is inspired from some real life cases, and is the debut novel of Karan Parmanandka.
The cover, as attached with this post, is interesting at first sight, and once the reader starts reading it, the cover makes perfect sense.
The blurb intrigues as equally as the cover. Although not at first sight, it has a gradual pull at us.
Now, the story.
The story seems a mess at the beginning. There are a lot of loose ends. But I assure you, you know there are twists coming along, but you'll be blown when they come and you'll be like, "Holy Mother of God, I didn't see that coming!" Of course, your swearing will be different from mine.
I'll give out a minor spoiler here as to where the story picks up pace. It's not until almost halfway through and you feel like giving up due to the slow pace that a major twist makes its way to you and you'll be, "Okay, whoa!"

On a side note, there are some typos at a few points (quotation marks where the prose wasn't a dialogue). But those can be overlooked given their low frequency.

Rating:
Cover - 3.8/5
Blurb - 3.5/5
Premise - 4.2/5
Story - 4.1/5

Overall rating - 4.3/5

Final verdict:
It's a must read for readers and book-nerds alike who love murder mysteries by Indian authors.