The strange disappearance of a Bollywood star by Vaseem Khan

"The strange disappearance of a Bollywood star" by Vaseem Khan -  After child trafficking and theft, now it's kidnapping. 

This book is published by  Mulholland books in 2018 and has 384 pages. This is Book 3 of 'Baby Ganesh agency' series.

Retired inspector Chopra, now proprietor of Baby Ganesh detective agency, attends a concert of Bollywood star Vicky Verma. The star disappears during the concert. Chopra is entrusted to solve the mystery with discretion. An unknown rich person invites a group of eunuchs to a haveli and asks them to dance and sing without revealing his identity. Chief of eunuchs engages Chopra. Rangwala is assigned the case.

What happened to Vicky Verma? How did he disappear? Can Chopra find him? What is the mystery of the eunuchs? Are the two cases related? Will elephant calf Ganesh play a role?

For the first time Chopra finds himself behind the bars, for life, without anyone knowing about it. His nemesis Suresh Rao has the last laugh, or does he? Poppy reveals a pleasantly surprising side of her personality.

The story is in the pattern that author has created by now. Baby Ganesh plays a crucial role as always. The identity of kidnapper is hidden till it is revealed towards end. I was not able to guess it. However, the reason why kidnapper kidnapped appears to be lame. In this book too, the character of Suresh Rao disappears, never to surface, til then book ends.

The mystery of eunuchs is solved by Rangwala. Readers anticipate a connection between the two, but there is none. They are two stand alone mysteries. The story would have become leaner if this story of eunuchs was given a miss.

The end of book is dragged unnecessarily. The final chapter of making Ganesh a film star appears like an appendage.

Why did I read this book? Light mystery. 

What I didn't like? Little to no investigation.

What did I like? Hidden identity of kidnapper.

Read if you have read the first two books.