आस्तीन के सांप

Sunil #10

by सुरेन्द्र मोहन पाठक

सेठ सुन्दरदास ने अत्यन्त दयाभाव दिखाकर अपने दूर के रिश्तेदारों को अपने घर में आश्रय दिया था । लेकिन फिर हालात ने कुछ ऐसा पलटा खाया कि सुन्दरदास ने खुद को पागलखाने में बंद पाया । काश कि वो जानता होता कि वो रिश्तेदार नहीं सांप पाल रहा था जिसको चाहे कितना ही दूध पिलाया जाये, उसकी जात नहीं बदलती, वो डंसे बिना नहीं मानता !

Mass Market Paperback

First published June 1, 1966

About the author

Surender Mohan Pathak, is an author of Hindi-language crime fiction with 314 books to his credit. His major characters are Crime reporter Sunil (unprecedented 123 Titles), Vimal (46 Titles) and Philosopher Detective Sudhir (23 titles). Apart from series, he has written 60+ Novels in thriller category.

Reviews

[Satyajeet · Rating 3 out of 5]

A really moving story, where Sunil saves the day as he cant see A Damsel in Distress....

[Dev Shani]

मुख्य पात्र :सुनील, वकील चट्रजी,सुन्दरलाल,विघ्या चाची,शारदा,
पुनवर्ती पात्र :वकील चट्रजी-सुनील 8 शैतान की मौत

[Ashok Sridharan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sunil Chakravarty is presented with an unusual case involving Sundardas, a rich old man of sixty or so and his niece and caretaker Sharda, who lives with him. One day Shankarlal, Sundardas' estranged stepbrother, suddenly comes to live with him. He and his wife Vidya, convince Sharda- who has been unduly straining herself taking care of her aged uncle- to go on a very distant location.

Sharda returns after a three month long vacation to discover that Sundardas is no longer at home: he has been declared insane and transferred to a mental asylum. Shankarlal and Vidya have taken over not just Sundardas' house, but also his entire wealth under highly suspicious circumstances.

Is Sundardas really insane, or is there any foul play involved? Besides, who is Ramnath- Shankarlal's dubious looking friend who is living with them? Are things really as simple as they appear or is there more than meets the eye?

Written in 1966, Aastin Ke Saanp (which would roughly translate as an enemy in the guise of a friend) is a brilliant page turner, which keeps you guessing most of the way. There are surprises aplenty, including one big twist that I didn't see coming. Unfortunately, the end is a tad underwhelming- you see it coming well before it happens.

Authored by a then 26-year old author, this novel would have to be a watershed in his career. Having all his early works, I would say without doubt that this was the first novel which had the elements one typically associates with Surendra Mohan Pathak. But for the predictable, underwhelming finish this is a brilliant page turner. without a doubt. Definitely worth a read.

[Neeti Sinha]

hshshahahahahahahakhkakahshak

[Yogendra Garg · Rating 4 out of 5]

लाजबाब

I Like it this because its surendra mohan and sunil kumar charwati nowal and hamesha ki trah fast story .

[Dharmendra · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting

Very Nicely written novel by the writer. Suspense is maintained till the end of novel. One cannot left till the end of the story. Good one.

[Rajeev Kochhar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Superb

As usual SMP special. I started reading again with sunil series. I love all writing of S M P sir