"Perfect murder" by Shakuntala Devi. This book is published by Orient Publishing in 1976 and has 149 pages.
Kamalesh is a successful lawyer in Banglore trapped in an unhappy marriage with wealthy Seema. He and his beautiful secretary, Pushpa, decide to get rid of Seema and inherit her wealth. A perfect murder is planned.
What is the plan? What role does Pushpa play? Will the Perfect Murder succeed?
Characterization is good. Kamlakar's obsession for his wife's money and his love. Seema's reluctance to divorce. Pushpa's love and fear. Inspector Govind Raju's forthright attitude. Sarita's strange love. These things make the characters peculiar.
Story is decently paced. It's a small book and hence the story does not have fillers. It remains crisp. The plot is good.
What's the speciality of this novel? It's not a whodunnit? We know the murderer but there are still a few twists.
Shakuntala Devi is a very famous mathematician. I did not know that she is also an author. Though she has written many books this is her first fiction.
However, the end is a bit baffling. Why does Sarita do what she does remains an unanswered question. Apart from that it's a good book. Author has shown that apart from being a prodigious mathematician she can also write good fiction.
Read for a change or if you are curious.
I want the pdf of this book
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