The story was just secondaryīeing the seasoned arm chair detective, I spotted the perp as soon as he was introduced properly. I thoroughly enjoyed the way it was written, the colloquial Malayalam, the places, the descriptions.

I started it out of curiosity, and here I find myself writing the review. I had just intended to open the Amazon parcel and go through the books within, and indulge in my ritualistic smelling of pages, writing down my name and date, and photographing these to boast in FB and all places possible. I hadn't intended to read this book today. As an adult I find finishing books at a stretch a rare luxury. I used to read books almost at a stretch in my childhood, the main reasons being the long vacations, the lack of other responsibilities and distractions and the relative shortness of children's books. If you are someone who loves to read crime thrillers, this book will be a great choice.Īn almost BR with Rebecca, and she suggested this book to me. Let us hope that this won't happen to anyone in the future and that the author will recover from the trauma he had to suffer, to write more amazing books in the future.

It is sad to hear about the difficult situation that the author had to go through after a famous movie Director stole the story from the author's books, including this book, to make one the biggest success that Boxoffice had ever seen. This will propel the readers towards an exciting ride in discovering what actually happened and whether Benjamin was the real murderer. Esther Immanuel, a journalist who played a significant role in identifying the murderer, decides to reinvestigate this case for several reasons. Lajo Jose tells us the story of five mysterious murders and the person behind those murders, Benjamin, who is awaiting prosecution by the law. This is the first book in the Esther Immanuel series. So, in short, this is one of the trendsetters in Malayalam both from a literature and silver screen point of view. This trend also got transpired in the Malayalam movies during the lockdown.

The success of this novel also inspired many other authors to write crime thrillers. We all will have to say special thanks to the author for the same. This is one of the main books which revived the love for crime thrillers in Malayalam recently.

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