Sunday, 12 December 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
Sohil Makwana’s crime thriller series ‘Murdrum’ ends with a major twist. Readers are likely to find
Murdrum 2: Double Trouble engrossing. Murdrum 1 elicited good response in 2021 with an average of 4.5 stars of around 500 readers on Amazon and Murdrum 2: Double Trouble appears to live up to expectations. Murdrum 1: The Probe Begins had left the readers on a nail-biting cliff-hanger and the sequel opens with sequences of hunting serial killers. CBI inspector Komal Majbootsingh Rathod probes as the total murder count reaches 26. Tension and conflicts rise as Komal pursues the serial killers and the body counts keep mounting.
The layers of suspense leave an impact on the reader as one may fail to perceive them despite the author giving plenty of hints throughout the story. In Murdrum 2: Double Trouble, Makwana has managed to deliver a Hollywood-style bio-punk read in an Indian set-up interspersed with plenty of interesting intricacies, miraculous forensic investigations and bizarre disease, with its own completely fresh take on the intense and unsettling psychological thriller. In this book, the author has created a meandering roller-coaster ride with sharp notches and sudden falls just like an ECG.
