Category Archives: Book Review
Sunil exposes ‘Top Secret’ after losing his job
Famous mystery writer – Erle Stanley Gardner has written 83 novels under his popular Perry Mason series. Hindi novelist of thriller / mystery genre, Surendra Mohan Pathak has overtaken him on this count by penning more than 100 novels taking … Continue reading
It’s not a suicide sir ! It’s a murder !
With the advent of internet, the reading habits of the Indians have taken a turn and the readers of printed books, especially the readers of the stuff written in vernacular are diminishing day-by-day. Till two decades back, there was a … Continue reading
Wife’s ebriety
Every husband is expected to love his wife. That love is more intense and expressive when they are newly married and young because the physical attraction between them is vehement at that stage of their life and relationship. During such … Continue reading
A crime reporter meets the challenge of the law
I am writing a review of the novel – Kanoon Ka Challenge (challenge of the law) penned by Hindi mystery-writer, Surendra Mohan Pathak because it is a novel which I have always found very close to my heart. It has … Continue reading
The insider who was a blackmailer
‘Ghar Ka Bhedi’ is an idiomatic expression in Hindi language whose origin is the story of the Indian epic – Raamayan. It’s a term used for a member inside the house (quite naturally, knowing the secrets of the house) whose … Continue reading
Because they swapped wives
If someone has really given Surendra Mohan Pathak a run for his money in the field of Hindi pulp fiction of crime-detection genre for around 25 years, it’s Ved Prakash Sharma. Ved Prakash Sharma, an ordinary person from Meerut (U.P.) … Continue reading
