Review: The Coin

The Coin by Sandeep Sharma
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Blurb of the book:

“Who likes Sudden death?” That's the only question he used to ask before killing his prey.
Random people are being abducted from the capital city, Delhi and are being killed mercilessly. Before killing, the murderer is reciting them a story, a story about a 9-year-old child who saw the brutal side of the world at a very young age. All the stories are being recorded for the Police department to see. Raunak Upadhyay, the Police inspector who is handling the case, links the style of serial killing to the case he solved years ago. But the murderer of that case is in jail then who is following the footsteps? Does the murderer want to convey something?
Whose story is being recited? Why is the murderer taking personal interest in Raunak?
Is there any other side of this coin or both the faces are just the same?
Welcome to the Brutal world!

Review:

“Silence of the lambs” inspired many books and movies. Serial killer stories enraptures us all. This is one such story. This is told in past and present which is shown as normal and italic fonts.

Raunak is an upright, intelligent and fearless police officer. There is a mad serial killer loose in the city which is killing people without any rhyme and reasons and making videos of that. He sends the videos to police. It is upto Raunak to catch him and stop the killings. But he himself becomes a victim.

The story is interesting and pacing in good. The suspense is tight and capturing of Raunak adds too much tension. Raunak has a coin which has its own story. Its mystery is revealed in the end. There are many typo errors and tighter editing would have helped. 3/5 stars.


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