Book Review :: 'Finders and Keepers' By Sapan

Book Review

Genre: Thriller

Blurb: (Courtesy: GoodReads)

Finders, Keepers. Losers, Weepers

Two men are murdered in settings which speak volumes of involvement of some sacred cynicism. A psycho-killer on the loose? Or is this the beginning of something much more grave and dangerous?

This is the tale of how Deputy Director, I.B., Shoumik Haldar and celebrated author Ishan Vajpayee exercise all their tools of conventional and unconventional deduction to solve the puzzles thrown across by the enemy, yet unrevealed.

Intertwined intensely with the opulent mythological tales and specimens attributing to the rich cultural heritage of India, the story depicts the resurgence of a dormant historical sect, which attacks the very foundations of one of the most powerful and secreted organizations of all times.

Spread across the length and breadth of the entire Indian subcontinent, read the mystery as it unravels with the duo travelling from one corner of the country to another searching for the signs.

My Review:

Finders and Keepers is an out and out thriller set in the present times, expertly interwoven with the tales from Indian mythology, beliefs, and a secret society flourishing since hundreds of years. The fictional elements in the story are narrated in the same vein as Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code or Ashwin Sanghi’s Rozabel Line. The author has done extensive research on Indian scriptures, Vedas and has come up with a mind-blowing tale riddled with puzzles and clues spanning Nepal, India and Sri Lanka.

The story starts with a gruesome murder of professor Antriksh Verma amidst chanting of Vedic Mantras in Allahabad. In Calcutta the guards of the ‘Library of the Asiatic Society’ are found unconscious with their eyes and ears punctured and the tongue cut. In Srikakulum, Optical Scientist Venkat Krishna is murdered with the similar modus operandi as Prof. Verma.