The Hyderabad Heist by Sharmishtha ShenoyMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Hooter: The retelling of the biggest museum heist in Hyderabad
This is one of the first in the Indian domain to be a replay of a solved museum robbery mystery. Researching from the police records , interviews and probably the criminals - Sharmishtha plays back the entire robbery and the process the police go through to solve this mystery in record time. Whilst the planning and background of the two robbers is a delightful set up like any fiction mystery caper - the way the cops go about the details also makes for a good read. I somehow felt the ending was abruptly quick and tame - which is fine because that is how the true story unravelled but the writing pace and tepidness towards that ending slowed down the wonderful momentum the initial setup provided.
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