Simran Mehta 's Reviews > An Invitation to Die

A suspicious crime happens in the serenity of Ramsar when Pia leaves her grand mother, Violet William's van unlocked outside a wedding reception while going in to set up a coffee counter. Ramsar is known for its quit, peaceful environment so when one morning the poilce finds out a dead body inside a missing van, things seems to stir up breaking the tranquility of Ramsar. But right in time, the ASP Tim Thapa, Colenel Acharya and the DSP step in to solve the murder/suicide mystery.

The beginning seemed a little over the place to me. There were some many irrelevant characters giving me a hard time to get a hold of the story. But as the murder investigation moved forward and some prominent characters came into picture, the story became somewhat engrossing arising my interest. Now, I'm not into thrillers or mysteries. I hardly ever read them. So considering myself a total noob at thrillers, I found the plot quite predictable. I could see who the culprit was way before reaching the climax. That's that.

The writing seems to be fluid, not too metaphorical, not too complicated, just right to read the whole book in one sitting. I enjoyed reading it as it also gave me a way out of my usual genres. I might go into exploring more thrillers and mysteries now, which is good, I believe.