Some books that are part of a series have a knack for keeping people on the edge making them look out longingly for the next part to lay their hands upon. The first book of the series was exciting enough for me to jump in and read this.
The story starts with a high-profile murder in one of the hotels in Delhi. A woman business magnate, Shanaya is found dead in her room and the police are totally baffled without being able to find any clues relating to the crime. The rookie officer, Vayu Iyer is hell-bent on solving the crime. Meanwhile, Abhimanyu is on a self-destruction mode going down with drugs after the alleged murder of Ahi. While her parents blame him, Abhimanyu is unable to take the syndicate all by himself thereby trying to eliminate from the grass-root level the people who committed the crime. Vasu and Abhimanyu lock horns on a professional front. Vasu who goes by the book is not in the good books of Abhimanyu who is totally off track from what he was. Will they be able to solve the murder that is hounding the entire department? Will Abhimanyu be able to settle scores with the killers of Ahi? Will Abhimanyu be back like the old self or delve deep into the path of self-destruction?
I had some expectations of this book especially since it is coming after the quite impressive first book. But the story had a stark difference from what I had imagined it to be. By killing Ahi, this took a totally new path. Abhimanyu's character was pole opposite from the first part and I doubt if someone can destroy oneself so badly and still be in the force without any issues. The transformation from bright to dark is not mentioned in detail. But from dark to darker is shown all over. The syndicate still remains vague with not many details for us even in this book except for the fact that they have a hold over higher levels. Shanaya was an enigma at the start but her back story was very interesting along with the characters. Vayu was irritating at the start since I felt he was a bit rude and show off. But then I started liking him. Interestingly I was parallelly reading a true-crime non-fiction book by Mr.Douglas who was a pioneer in profiling and was excited to see that being put into practice into the story. There are a lot of bold things relevant to the society that is being discussed especially sexuality which is very appreciative. The book had easy prose and was a very fast read. It just took me a day to wrap this up. There is good suspense in the climax which makes me root for the next book in the series.
This is a good read. Between the two, I enjoyed reading the first part. But this book also stands on its own taking up newer socially relevant topics and investigative methods. I would recommend this book to thriller lovers. But it would be better to read the first book and then read this to get the correct flow.
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