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Cut Like Wound, which its author Anita Nair calls ‘literary noir,’ is better written than most Indian popular fiction, but fails to get a grip on Bangalore’s seamier side Having written a slew of novels, writer Anita Nair seems to be in the mood for some experimentation. The Bangalore-based writer’s Leggi tutto

A Bangalore based Murder mystery- multiple murders, the Indian Police and an intriguing story. The protagonist here is an unusual middle aged cop, who struggles with his own identity and finds himself questioning his entire life and career. He does have a charm about him though that you can't help e Leggi tutto

To me, it seemed like the author watched a couple of movies and then decided to write a book overnight. For God's sake! the killer calls his victim's family after each kill!!, yet the inspectors cannot trace the numbers that makes the call? yet some other evidence seems to magically land on the insp Leggi tutto

I came to Anita Nair's much talked-about first Inspector Gowda book with a lot of expectation. And it has both been an enjoyable read as well as bit of a let-down. I'll explain. As a police investigation thriller, Cut Like Wound fares very well indeed. Well rounded, complicated, very detailed charact Leggi tutto

Read it because it was part of a readathon and because it was Anita Nair. Loved Mistress and Ladies Coupé . But though it was a police procedural (One of my favourites) did not like it as much as expected. For one Inspector Gowda's intuition failed to impress me. I guessed the culprit from the very Leggi tutto

This is the second novel I've read from the same Indian author Anita Nair. The first read novel is Quand Viennent Les Cyclones . In this novel, the author shows the full extent of her writing skills because she wrote her first crime novel while the previous novel I read fell in the social drama categ Leggi tutto

Waste of time. Author loves to describe surroundings more than narrating story. dragging. Sad attempt

I actually really enjoyed it! It is a page-turner and I was genuinely interested to know what happened next. Some aspectasof it, though, feel lacking. The whole identity dilemma with Gowda and his relationship with his son and with Urmila? Like, it had potential but I don't feel like it added anythi Leggi tutto

A young male prostitute is found murdered and burnt in one of the many alleys in Shivajinagar in Bangalore. The case lands on the desk of Inspector Gowda and his new subordinate, SI Santhosh. Gowda is distracted, with personal issues crowding him. Not the most social person even normally, Santhosh f Leggi tutto