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1982. Three teenage girls planning a flight from the Soviet Union to the West end up being sold in Bombay's red-light area instead.The murders start a quarter of a century later. The victims are all men. All of them tricks, waiting for trysts with high-class escorts. DCP Rita Ferreira is quick to recognize it as the work of a serial killer; the media isn't far behind. The news sends shock waves through the city: the first serial killer in the living memory of Mumbai is out on the streets. As Rita grapples to establish the killer's pattern, the killer gives her 24 hours to stop the next murder. Can she do that before she becomes the next victim?
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherHarper Black
- Publication date25 October 2019
- File size773 KB
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- ASIN : B07XF8GMP8
- Publisher : Harper Black (25 October 2019)
- Language : English
- File size : 773 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 327 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #90,603 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #8,308 in Crime, Thriller & Mystery (Kindle Store)
- #12,469 in Crime, Thriller & Mystery (Books)
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About the author

Vish Dhamija is a British Indian crime-fiction writer who lives in the United Kingdom. According to the Indian Press he is "India's Best Page-Turner", and one of the ten most popular Indian Thriller authors.He is the only writer of Indian origin listed among the major legal thriller authors of the world. In August 2015, at the release of his first legal fiction (his third novel) Déjà Karma, Glimpse Magazine called him India's John Grisham for stimulating the genre of legal fiction in India which was almost non-existent before his arrival on the scene. In a survey by eBooks India website, Vish Dhamija was listed along the top 51 Indian authors you must follow. The Asian Age cited him as the only legal fiction writer in India.
In June 2019, Abundantia Entertainment announced that it had acquired the rights to Dhamija's much sought-after "Rita Ferreira" series (Bhendi Bazaar, Doosra & Lipstick) to adapt the books into a multi-season, premium original digital series
Dhamija grew up in Ajmer, India. He studied at St. Anselm's School Ajmer and earned his B.Com from Government College, Ajmer. He dropped out of Law after the first year to attend Jodhpur University for his degree in Management before joining the corporate world in India. After a few years, he left India to attend Manchester Business School, UK for MBA in Marketing & Strategy.
He lives with his wife in London.
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Bhendi Bazaar was an entertaining & tightly woven tale read with multiple surprises , I buzzed through it in 24 hours . The Book moves at a quick pace with solid dose of tension and thrills , and keep me wondering how story going to turn out . With flawless writing , Author successfully managed to keep the twists and climax till the very last page . After reading this spell-bounding crime thriller , Author Vish Dhamija to me is the Audi of the Crime Thriller Market in India .
THe plot is set in a manner to put brain in top gear while flipping the pages . Bhendi Bazaar revolves around the a police detective DCP Rita Ferreira chasing an intelligent serial killer . Author has deeply pencil down the charachter of the main protagonist . Rita is portrayed as a sharp and equable officer with a voice that never betrayed her emotions ,her coffee brown eyes were known to be as quick to capture as a high speed cammera shutter with wide angled view . A police officer who drinks , lived on coffee and works better than any male counterpart . Plot rolls out with the phone call to DCP Rita alerting about a murder of Adit Lele who was found dead without any clothes and lay in a pool of blood . Initially murder is investigated as a homicide but further killing with very much identical manner flagged up the scenario of a Serial Killer in Mumbai . And with it starts the crispy journey of twists and turns . on some stances it felt as probability of finding the killer is not any greater than crossing the Atlantic in a a paper boat . Investigation of DCP carries out in 2007 , beside author has embedded a different story line staring three girls who landed in India for Asian Games in 1982 but never returned back to Soviet Union . Plot goes in a manner that both stories inter-wind with pages .
Beside the main protagonist , author deserves an applause for bolting side characters in an interesting way . Commissioner is nickenamed as Sexy who demonstrates his lexicon pompous prick which fills the space of humour on regular intervals . Joint CP Vijay Joshi is also portrayed in a mannered way .
What I Like in Book is :
* Author has put words as a strong coffee which left the taste of Serial Killer's Ideology .
* How world of prostitute is shown as a dark underbelly that no dared to talk about .
* How police officials works 24x7 , 365 days in year to keep the city safe but citizens never rise to praise them .
*How in India standard operating procedure are so ill that police needs to patch court orders to Mobile companies to zeroed down the mobile telephone coordinates of Culprits .
*Author has maturely flagged how immaturely electronic media of this nation handle any crisis . Opinioned stories are printed or shown to public .
* Author has also highlighted situations under which girls are dragged to the grey world of Prostitution .
*In the very initial of the Story , author feed with " Brain Drain " situation which is drains the bright future of Nation's development .
*How lawyers twisted the misery of victims into ambitions , evil desires for making some extra cash .
And the only situation with me on this piece is the fact that It should be stretched to some more pages and that's because , I'm loving the plot with reading .
So Its a Must Read !
Bhendi Bazaar has a well thought story line, and mostly moves at an even pace, alternating between the past and the present. The plot is not too intricate, so if you expect a mentally taxing narrative, this isn't going to supply the same. The protagonist Rita Ferreira is a likeable character, but I felt at times that the Crime Branch officers haven't made obvious conclusions, and look blankly at Ferreira for making easy deductions, which doesn't seem right. Also, apart from Rita, Joshi and Jatin, most other officers don't make any sort of impact on the reader, so I think the character development could have been better.
On the other hand, two of the Russian girls and the offspring of Varinka have been portrayed in a heart-wrenching manner, and make immediate emotional appeal. The culprit was an easy guess, as the author has left an obvious hint midway through the story, but the story behind him (or her) is a suspense worth reading for. I picked this up to feel the Indian flavor, and I was a little disappointed, as the story mostly deals with Mumbai only in connection with the plot, and slight details, humble openings into the buzz of the city haven't been stirred much.
So, yes, the plot is nice. It connects to the reader beautifully and can trigger emotions. Overall, it was an enjoyable reading experience, and if you are looking for Indian crime fiction, you can give this one a try.
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The author is unafraid to tackle some taboo subjects and I applaud that. If you're looking for immersion with strong narrative and an intriguing plot, look no further.

I look forward to Dhamija's next books!

No part of the novel is a drag.
Strongly recommended to anyone who wants to read a world class Indian thriller.