In The Name of God

It always feels good to read Indian authors because it is so much relatable but what is the most exciting is reading thrillers. I only took up this book because it was part of a book club but I ended up enjoying it. There were multiple plot points going through which all come to a head at the end and give us a reasonable conclusion. The background of the Anantha Padmanabha Swamy temple and its vaults of wealth gives a very authentic feel to the story. The book also gives us an understanding of the subtle corruption that possible goes on in high profile cases in our country. There are a lot of characters here who we get to meet here but there is no big growth or development that we see. The only characters we get to know closely are the officers investigating the case and its good to see them hating each other at first which grows into mutual respect in spite of their differences. The suspense is kept up till the end and each of the involved ones look like the culprits at any given point of time. The only problem I had is that what I felt was the main thread in the story was never resolved and the epilogue only hints at some speculation. The book would have seemed more complete if the ending was detailed. However, the book was enjoyable overall and thrilling in parts.