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I cannot believe there are so many five star reviews from Amazonians for Tarquin Hall's `The Case of the Missing Servant'. I wanted so much to like this novel, but it turned out uneven and unengaging. It is just plain unsatisfying.

The premise was a good one: Follow a Delhi detective agency through several cases and learn about India and the people at 'Most Private Investigations'. 'The Case of the Missing Servant' was a good platform from which to launch a whole series of Vish Puri Detective Stories. However, first-time author Tarquin Hall doesn't give us enough reasons to want to crave future Vish Puri mysteries.

Hall contributes greatly to my tiny Indian vocabulary, especially words of Indian cuisine. However he doesn't do a good job of describing the appearance, taste or texture what's being savored. I can also thank/blame Hall for increasing my repertoire of Indian cuss words. Words I'd never in a million years hear uttered by my polite and refined Indian friends and coworkers.

Vish Puri is a foppish, clever and resourceful second-generation gumshoe who solves cases while munching fatty fried treats. I'd have loved it if Hall had fashioned Vish into a hard-boiled, two-fisted Philip Marlowe-type of detective. But... he didn't.

While Hall paints Puri in colorful detail, other characters are only faint sketches. Is Puri's attractive female undercover operative Facecream tall, short, pudgy or slim? Why is she is so good at extracting information? What techniques does she employ? I don't know because Hall just doesn't bother providing any detd ails. Same goes for Puri's other detective helpers, Handgrip and Tubelight. The novel would have had greater substance if Hall had given some description and support to his supporting characters.

At times Hall portrays Puri as clever, insightful and well-suited to his work. Then he describes Puri as superficial, vain and egotistical. Puri tries hard to balance these inconsistencies while dealing with clientele who already show little respect because of Puri's low-caste, keyhole-peeping occupation.

I don't ever throw in spoilers in my reviews. Except now. Hall fails horribly as a mystery writer when he reveals the murderer at the same moment we meet that character for the first time. Where's the sport in a mystery if the Reader doesn't have a shot at solving it himself?

If Hall had written a different story in a different genre and made Puri a chef or tour guide, he would have produced a better product. I might take another chance on Vish Puri and Tarquin Hall if there is a second novel. But I'll read the Amazon customer reviews first.


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The Case of the Missing Servant Vish Puri Most Private Investigator Tarquin Hall 9780771038259 Books Reviews

I am not one who gets too choked up reading books. Or perhaps as I get older I do get a little more teary-eyed over certain characters. This one actually brought a tear to my eye and lump to my throat on more than one occasion. If we believe the author, India is at something of a crossroads. There is an increasing amount of wealth being accumulated by a very few "crorepati" or multimillionaires. Some own or work in one of the newer glass-enclosed, high-rise call centers. Some are engaged in more illicit activities, like the illegal accumulation of real estate. This book is partially concerned with those very divisions. Within this changing milieu stands our beloved protagonist and all-around mensch, Vish Puri. When I read THE CASE OF THE MAN WHO DIED LAUGHING, I wrote that I hoped a film version of the book would soon be made so that the great actor, Om Puri, might portray Vish Puri. Now in this riveting mystery the name of Puri's father is revealed and it is Om Chander Puri. Coincidence? I think not (even though the character of Vish Puri believes that if a movie be made of one of his cases, the actor Anupam Kher would portray him, I must beg to differ....)

Simply put, Vish is a stalwart, brave, just and loyal human being. His duties as a husband, father and boss are always fulfilled with great grace, humor and above all, dignity. However, when he is faced with certain nefarious types he can get as down and dirty as the next guy. And this book continues the sub-plot of his beloved mummy-ji also putting her sleuthing abilities to the test. If Vish Puri is a person in whose good graces any sane person should want to remain, then one's sanity would really be called in to question by doing dirt to his beloved Mummy-Ji. All in all, it is another wonderful, fun, thoroughly readable mystery cum sociological primer. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! And I cannot believe I have to wait until July 2012 for then next installment....bummer-een-o.
I cannot believe there are so many five star reviews from ians for Tarquin Hall's `The Case of the Missing Servant'. I wanted so much to like this novel, but it turned out uneven and unengaging. It is just plain unsatisfying.

The premise was a good one Follow a Delhi detective agency through several cases and learn about India and the people at 'Most Private Investigations'. 'The Case of the Missing Servant' was a good platform from which to launch a whole series of Vish Puri Detective Stories. However, first-time author Tarquin Hall doesn't give us enough reasons to want to crave future Vish Puri mysteries.

Hall contributes greatly to my tiny Indian vocabulary, especially words of Indian cuisine. However he doesn't do a good job of describing the appearance, taste or texture what's being savored. I can also thank/blame Hall for increasing my repertoire of Indian cuss words. Words I'd never in a million years hear uttered by my polite and refined Indian friends and coworkers.

Vish Puri is a foppish, clever and resourceful second-generation gumshoe who solves cases while munching fatty fried treats. I'd have loved it if Hall had fashioned Vish into a hard-boiled, two-fisted Philip Marlowe-type of detective. But... he didn't.

While Hall paints Puri in colorful detail, other characters are only faint sketches. Is Puri's attractive female undercover operative Facecream tall, short, pudgy or slim? Why is she is so good at extracting information? What techniques does she employ? I don't know because Hall just doesn't bother providing any detd ails. Same goes for Puri's other detective helpers, Handgrip and Tubelight. The novel would have had greater substance if Hall had given some description and support to his supporting characters.

At times Hall portrays Puri as clever, insightful and well-suited to his work. Then he describes Puri as superficial, vain and egotistical. Puri tries hard to balance these inconsistencies while dealing with clientele who already show little respect because of Puri's low-caste, keyhole-peeping occupation.

I don't ever throw in spoilers in my reviews. Except now. Hall fails horribly as a mystery writer when he reveals the murderer at the same moment we meet that character for the first time. Where's the sport in a mystery if the Reader doesn't have a shot at solving it himself?

If Hall had written a different story in a different genre and made Puri a chef or tour guide, he would have produced a better product. I might take another chance on Vish Puri and Tarquin Hall if there is a second novel. But I'll read the customer reviews first.