Banquet on the Dead  (English, Paperback, Komarraju Sharath)

like the last book by Sharath this book is very engaging !! while reading it i thought at least this time i will suspect the culprit.. but all efforts in vain as the brand new king of murder mysteries defeated me again.. the end is absolutely unexpected.. the plot takes some time to build up ..u have to be patient initially.. and the result is just marvellous and awe inspiring.. great book and a must read ... lastly fantastic service flipkart!!

I picked up this book with a lot of expectations but it didn't manage to impress me.

The writing was good, characters were fine (though clearly muddled about their loyalties. Most of them were blabbermouths, incriminating each other unnecessarily.) The plot left a lot to be desired and mysteries are all about cleverly woven plots. It seemed like a bad imitation of an Agatha Christie novel. The ending was unsatisfactory. It was a motiveless murder, I felt. Hamid Pasha's character only had He...

This is a story about a mother who is killed by her son and daughter-in-law for the sake of her wealth. The on the face of it, it appear to be a suicide but the inspector and his consultant are not convinced.

The book has 275 pages of which, the first 250 are spent in thinking about the crime and wondering who might have done it. Then all of a sudden in the last 25 pages the crime is solved.

On a good day I felt sleepy after reading just 2 pages - highly recommended as a "put me to sleep" b...

A worthwhile read. Author is talented, story is entertaining, characters are interesting but editing and publishing house have made very unforgivable mistakes. Does not have enough cohesion in the story line, but a good murder mystery nonetheless.

Suddenly when 'Talaash' had made murder mysteries oh-so-cool again, Sharath's book is definitely one of the better books that has hit the market.

An engaging murder mystery that could have become a true clutter breaker had the characterization been stronger and if few loose ends were tied up.

Nevertheless, Sharath can definitely rest a proud man for bringing about a good page-turner, in the face of the increasing trash that is coming our way in the guise of Indian fiction.

Good job, Sharath!

Sharath's writing is very stylish writing. A must read novel for mystery lovers. The plot is elegant. The story keeps the reader to make guesses about the murderer. The end is brilliant. Detective Pasha is classy. Anything more will be a spoiler. Thumbs up!