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The Perfect Murder

The Perfect Murder

byRuskin Bond
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Asha G
4.0 out of 5 starsEngaged in reading
Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 4 December 2022
I was so excited and glad, but found myself a little disappointed after seeing only one story originally by Ruskin Bond, but all the stories are good
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sharada
3.0 out of 5 starsTitle is misleading
Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 12 January 2023
It says Ruskin Bond- The perfect murder.
However it's a collection of short stories of several authors Ruskin Bond's story is one of them.
Few stories are good and few aren't. You can try this just to pass the time. The book is handy and light weight, you can carry while traveling.
I have bought this book after checking the reviews, I knew it's a collection of stories by different authors, so was not surprised by that. But the stories are not so amazing, in few there's no murder at all. So if you expect the thrill of murderer being caught in every story, then this is big disappointment.
Overall you can try this.
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Ameya
2.0 out of 5 stars Misleading title, mixed bag of stories
Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 19 January 2019
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Firstly the title is a bit misleading (though the blurb is accurate) - this isn't a book authored by Ruskin Bond or even a set of stories by Ruskin Bond. It has one short story by Ruskin Bond, and 7 other tales which he has picked out.
Secondly - it's a bit more annoying because some of them aren't even related to murder (a fact Bond alludes to in his short opening note) so why choose to name the book this way? A more accurate title would be 'A Perfect Murder and other short stories' or 'Ruskin Bond's favorite crime stories' etc.
Thirdly some of these stories are available in the public domain since their copyright has expired while others like the Sherlock Holmes one and the Ruskin Bond one are quite common and likely to have been read by most readers so to pay for them in a weirdly packaged collection of is even...weirder.

Coming to the stories themselves, we have a mixed bag with five of them quite interesting while I thought three were total duds. The good thing is they're all short and you're introduced to a new set of (short story) writers which is always wonderful and my main motivation behind reading any anthology. They're all of similar length - i found them perfect to read during my daily commute.

The good :
- The Perfect Murder (Stacy Aumonier) : 2 brothers try plan the perfect murder of their aunt in Paris
- The Interruption (WW Jacobs) : A man achieves the perfect murder of his wife, but realises he'll need to murder his house help as well. This story had an excellent mahaul with a bit of anti-climatic denouement.
- The Lodger (Marie Belloc Lowndes) : A Jack-the-ripper era tale which was later also converted into a full length novel. Also excellent mahaul and disappointing denouement.
- He Said it with Arsenic (Ruskin Bond) : Classic clean matter-of-factly Ruskin Bond story told in the first person. You don't always need mahaul.
- The Red Headed League (Arthur Conan Doyle) : Standard Holmes & Watson caper so always threshold fun. No idea why it's a part of this collection given there isn't even any murder.

The not-so-good:
- When Al Capone was ambushed : I have no idea what this was or why it was included. The title is the summary
- The Duel : a guy is goaded into a duel and accidentally kills his opponent. Didn't make a lot of sense and Google tells me it's a part of longer tale so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- The Cask of Amontillado : I hope this is not representative of all Edgar Allan Poe who I've always wanted to read because it was cliched, contrived and disappointing...
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Pruthav Abhyankar
2.0 out of 5 stars I found it boring
Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 9 March 2022
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Don't judge the book by its cover. Its not as exciting as it sounds. Its a collection of stories that the author found interesting
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Narayan
2.0 out of 5 stars Gripping
Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 28 June 2021
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Gripping stories by few authors like Ruskin bond
Arthur Conan Doyle is also a good read ...and the few other stories narration was too difficult
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Sourav R.
2.0 out of 5 stars author misinformation
Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 12 March 2019
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This book is not authored by Ruskin Bond, but collection by Ruskin Bond
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2.0 out of 5 stars Not a work by Ruskin
Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 21 October 2018
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It is a compilation of short stories by many authors. Not an original by Ruskin. Not worth it.
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subhankar bhadra
2.0 out of 5 stars Not good
Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 18 November 2018
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I really didn't like it...
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2.0 out of 5 stars Two Stars
Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 9 September 2017
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Boring story only one part is nterested otherwise whole story is not of understanding
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Chitrangada
2.0 out of 5 stars Plain Bad
Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 22 November 2021
So bad that couldn’t get past all the stories. There is nothing perfect about this book and the stories in it.

Thankfully downloaded it for free so giving it 2 stars.
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SOUMMYA KARMAKAR
2.0 out of 5 stars 2 stories are good
Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 20 August 2021
Not upto the mark I have much more expectations from these novel. But it's doesnot fullfil First story was good and Ruskin bond one rather than other stories are below average. there is no grip in the stories to read.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Not all Ruskin Bond stories
Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 11 August 2021
Only the first short story is by Ruskin Bond. If you decide to read it, only the first two stories are worthwhile.
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