The Mohanbari murders by Esha Pandey

"The Mohanbari murders" by Esha Pandey -  Too short!

This book is published in 2010 and has 47 pages. 

ASP Simran Jamwal, daughter of Colonel Jamwal and Rajni Jamwal, 5' 8", fair, beautiful with waist length hair, chose IPS as career. 

A murder of 9 year old boy is reported in Bhawanipura, Mohanbari, Assam.

Why was the boy murdered? Can Simran solve the case? Whodunnit?

It's a single story. Short and simple. Actually too short and very simple. Not much investigation, not much deduction. Author doesn't get time to establish the characters, background, plot and jumps directly into action. 

Not sure why author made this book so short. Due to short length of book, everything happens in a hurry. I thought author could have used a few more pages to establish uneasy relationship between Simran and Imran. A few more pages for investigation and deduction would have been nice too.

Author says that she plans to write this as a series. So expect more books with Simran and Imran in them. Unless she allows the story to flourish, the series may not be exciting. 

All in all, the book is not satisfactory. 

Why did I read this book? Was available and was small.  

What I didn't like? Length and consequent restrictions it put on author. 

What did I like? Simran.

Give it a miss.