Book Review: Private India

About the book: When Santosh Wagh isn’t struggling out of a bottle of whisky he’s head of Private India, the Mumbai branch of the world’s finest PI agency.

In a city of over thirteen million he has his work cut out at the best of times. But now someone is killing women – seemingly unconnected women murdered in a chilling ritual, with strange objects placed carefully at their death scenes.

As Santosh and his team race to find the killer, an even greater danger faces Private India – a danger that could threaten the lives of thousands of innocent Mumbai citizens.

Gist: When a series of seemingly unconnected murders rock the city of Mumbai with the macabre rituals and artefacts found around the corpses, Private India, a leading investigation agency takes the case. Santosh Wagh, the head of the organization, has only one mission. He needs to stop the killers before they strike again. However, in a city of over 13 million people, he finds that the clock is ticking too fast. He finds himself pitted against underworld dons and a Godman who isn’t what he seems. However, the worst is yet to come and Private India itself may be threatened with a revelation that could destroy the entire organization.

MRP: Rs.350/- (Rs.190/- HERE)

Private India is co-authored by James Patterson and Ashwin Sanghi.

About the Authors

Ashwin Sanghi is an Indian writer and entrepreneur. He has also written: Chanakya’s Chant and The Krishna Key. He is also known by his pseudonym: Shawn Haigins.

James Patterson is a bestselling American writer. He is best known for Along Came a Spider, Jack & Jill, When the Wind Blows and Step on a Crack among over 100 others.

Don’t go by the thickness or size of the book, the font is big and you can easily finish the book in 1-2 days if you get too engrossed, to max 3-4 days.

Its actually quite engrossing, once you get into the story. Nice twists and turns in the plot.

Private India is the most hi-tech and reputed Indian private detective agency headed by the inimitable Santosh Wagh and it runs as a branch of ‘Private Worldwide’ detective organization, the one and only of its kind.

You do feel at times that there are too many characters to remember, though each have their part to play. I personally like the character of Nisha Gandhe.

The story revolves around Mumbai, from Colaba Causeway to Dharavi, it portrays a picture of Mumbai less known to people.

I liked the fact that the plot was fast paced, a trait of James Patterson. And also that the plot grips you till the end and does not give out the mystery anywhere. But, in the middle it does get a little loose. It could have been more gripping throughout.

Rating: 3.5/5

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