Just when the Mehra family was headed to a party, the police knock on the doors of the Mehra house to indicate that Mrs.Sheetal Jaiswal, the person who Mrs. Mehra used to see everyday when out for the morning jog and had vaguely known, was murdered.
When the Mehra family was getting back from the Bollywood party they had attended in the evening, they encounter the dead body of a man close to their apartment complex.
The serial murders pushes the folks of the locality to panic and fear and a lot of curiosity on how Mrs. Sheetal Jaiwal was murdered. While Mrs. Mehra is panic-stricken herself, she gets a calling from within her heart to help find justice to Sheetal, who she establishes a virtual bond with. Kay feels Sheetal was always trying to say something to her via the dreams the former saw.
While the police made a thief confess for the murder of Sheetal, Kay refuses to believe that Sheetal was murdered for reasons of theft alone, because in the death spot, the ipod Sheetal had been using was left alone. Kay tries to find clues to nail down the actual reason/person being Sheetal's murder. She talks to the maids, her detective friend Runa and inspects the location where the murder took place to find clues which ultimately gives good reasons to suspect and identify the person responsible for Sheetal's murder. I will spare the thrill-factor here by not mentioning who the person was.
While the story line is a bit guessable, a little weak, there is a dash of humor to the whole story. Bound to enjoy the funny narrations in some pieces, but it seems an over doze in several other situations. When talking of murder and death, perhaps, humor is not always recommended or natural. Kay seems overly obsessed with the weight and looks she possessed and on ways to improve it, a reader gets about fifty percent of the book to read about the description of the weight/dress issues which gets a little redundant.
Some things that I couldn't stop taking notice of, how can a child "talk" with wrong spellings, "write" I agree. Although I understand the intent and perhaps the idea was to differentiate the kid's conversation and say that the child pronounces words differently, but he also happens to talk in sms language. How can a child say "u" instead of "you", as I said, for writing, I agree and its believable.
Another observation was, if only Mr.Mehra who followed Kay during her morning walk post the murders to ensure her safety had called out her name instead of seeming like stealthily following her, he would have been spared the pepper-spray treatment! Perhaps, I was getting a little too involved here!
Nevertheless, it brings out the thought that situations can turn a home-maker who had very normal agendas in her daily routine into someone to help in different capacities. The concept is appealing. Good attempt for a first-time novelist. I wish the author many more successful ventures ahead.
Rating: 3/5
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