A condemned man who has only one week to live contacts Sunil Chakravarty, the protagonist of the Sunil series and chief reporter of the popular daily Blast.
Sunil has to sift through the facts and unearth the truth to save the life of an innocent man. The problem is, the evidence is stacked against the accused and Sunil has barely 6 days to unmask the real murderer.
Unfortunately its impossible to say anything more without letting a cat or two out of the bag. Written in 1979, Meena Murder case is a brilliant work of detective fiction liberally sprinkled with surprises and twists turning up at the least expected places.
Having read countless works of detective fiction, I can say with little hesitation that this was the most spellbinding one I have read to date. There's hardly a superflous line in the novel. From the first page to the last, never once does the pace slacken. True to style, Surender Mohan Pathak keeps the reader guessing until the very end.
I would have no hesitation in recommending this novel to anyone who enjoys detective fiction. Assuredly the Hindi used is so simple that even a person with limited knowledge of the language can easily follow it.
Meena Murder Case is without doubt an inspired work by the master of Hindi crime fiction.