Book: Tree Bears
Witness
Author: Sharath
Komarraju
Publication:
Westland Books
Wise
is the one who doesn’t get influenced by anything…even by the truth
Tree
Bears Witness (TBW), the name says it all. This Birbal mystery by Sharath
Komarraju is an engaging suspense book. The building of the plot in interesting
it keeps; as a reader you are compelled to get your grey cells to work.
Usually
while reading a suspense book, we tend to get involved, we tend to get into
this invisible race, to solve the mystery before we reach the conclusion. When you
are unable to do that, accurately, you know that you have invested your time in
a good book. The surprise element!!
TBW
is a murder mystery and Birbal has been given the task find the murderer, who
could be anyone from the top nobels in the court. And not to forget in two
days. There are multiple suspects and everyone’s motives are equally
convincing; how does Birbal lays his hands on the collars of real murderer is
something to read about. Birbal also has to protect the innocent and that makes
his investigation intense and honest.
The characterization
is crystal clear, you can image the characters in your head. The tone of the
story is not very aggressive, the pace throughout remains stable. Inspite of
that, TBW is a page turner.
We all
have an established image of Birbal – perhaps the most intelligent man. The
author has depicted a young Birbal and his confusions, very aptly, and that’s
what I really liked about the book. Yes, even Birbal can make errors in
judgement, he is a human after all. This
book is like the journey of Birbal in
the making of the wise self he was.
Developing
a mystery of this caliber is good, unveiling the mystery by getting into Birbal’s
mind is equally commendable; that’s a big point scored Mr. Komarraju.
My takeaway: I am gonna read more of Komarraju’s books :P. It’s a simple complicated mystery folks …no
takeaways here :D
My rating: 4 out of 5
I received a review copy of the book
from Westland in
exchange for an honest and unbiased review.
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