a fast paced thriller. Murder by gunshot of a rich, influential, rotten-to-the-core son of a political tycoon at his own lavish party in a remote farm house celebrating his eviction from a nasty case of killing a young bartender lady; six suspects who are caught at the scene with guns in their hands, so many motives, so many twists and turns - this book kept me engaged. All the characters were quirky and funny, especially the politician in whom Gandhiji's soul entered from time to time. I laughed a lot. All the real incidents and scandals of modern India were copied from the pages of newspapers with only names changed, nevertheless I enjoyed reading those. There were wicked politicians, multiple scams, drunken rampages killing pedestrians, money changing hands, females being extorted into the trade; you name it, the book had it. The end was a bit disappointing though

Spoiler

in that it doesn't reveal who has done the deed. It keeps us guessing.

Read from March to April 2012, I HAVE REVIEWED THIS ONE TWICE!
Just adding the duplicate review here, to compare and contrast just for larks, at my leisure

Liked this book. Was fast paced, thrilling, and lots of current Indian scandals were thrown in with the names changed. An arrogant, murderer who has escaped scot free due to his father's (home minister of India) influence is shot dead at his own party. The police quickly cordons off the area and find six people carrying guns (invited as well as gatecrashers). We are treated to their life stories, slowly unfolding and meshing together. It was funny in places, I liked all the characters (even the bad ones), but the beginning was not that good and the ending spoilt it all. If ending was as good as the middle pages, I would definitely have given this book 4 stars. On the whole, recommendable to all Indian mystery buffs, though India is not shown in a positive way here.