I
picked In Love With A Simran by Kulpreet Yadav taking it as a romance novel but
in a few pages it became apparent that it was a fast paced thriller or say a romantic
thriller.
The
story begins with a short conversation in a class and then between two friends:
Simran and Sanjana. And before the reader can establish who the Simran is, she
is murdered and her best friend Sanjana takes the charge of story.
Sanjana
comes to know that her friend was in love with a rich, successful business man Nik Sethi. And he becomes her prime
suspect. When she finds the police is dilly-dallying the investigation, she
sets out on a journey of investigation, revenge and love. It is her journey
that gives readers goose bumps.
In her search for killers Sanjana faces many threats and encounters fake
policemen, goons, Nik’s security and staff- all trying their best to hide the
truth. To look for help she has only an ailing mother and that too in a distant
city. But Sanjana refuses to end her search and is ready to put herself in the
hands of trouble and death. Will Sanjana succeed in finding the killer of her friend,
is the question that takes the story ahead.
The writer may have started it as a romantic novel,
but like his most of the earlier books, he ended up writing another thriller. The
language is simple and characters, be it Simran whose appearance is very short,
Sanjana and Nike Sethi succeed in establishing connection with readers.
Yet, I feel it could have been
better, particularly the middle part and last few pages. Nevertheless, the story holds the reader’s attention till the end. If
you love racy thrillers, this one is for you.
