The Last Taxi Ride: A Ranjit Singh Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.25 (815 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00HBQEVYM |
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| Number of Pages | : | 371 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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and Brooklyn, New York, and is also the author of The Caretaker. A. X. . AHMAD was raised in India, educated at Vassar College and M.I.T., and worked for many years as an international architect. He splits his time between Washington, D.C
"Five Stars" according to Pen Name. Great. Read his first novel first.. Thrilling Literature This is the second in a planned trilogy starring the immigrant Ranjit who contends with powerful and malevolent forces while struggling to make a living in a foreign land, to maintain his identity as a Sikh man, and to hold on to what is left of his shattered family. The set up is that taxi driver Ranjit is arrested for being an accessory to the murder of a washed up Bollywood actress in New York. The worlds in which he moves are a vibrant community of Pakistani and Indian cab drivers, organized crime in India that finances much of the entertainment industry there, the international ha. "Not so much" according to Robert B. Lamm. I have only myself to blame. I don't like most mysteries, and yet I seem to keep reading them. However, in most cases I give mysteries three stars to offset my bias against them. In this case, I decided my bias was justified.The story is implausible, the characters are predictable and only moderately interesting and the dialogue is trite. However, the worst part of the book was that the plot was totally predictable. When I read a mystery, I try not to figure out whodunit, because it seems to me that that would take away the principal reason for reading a mystery in the first place. How
Caught on film leaving the apartment alone, Ranjit is accused by the NYPD as an accessory to murder. Ranjit's only credible alibi is Shabana's Indian doorman, but he has vanished. As his investigation for the true killer reveals layers of Shabana Shah's hidden past, Ranjit does not know whom to trust. New York City taxi driver Ranjit Singh, hero of A.X. His search through the underbelly of New York leads to the world of high-end nightclub owners, back-alley Mumbai gangsters and to Jay Patel, a shady businessman who imports human hair. Ranjit's fingerprints are all over the murder weapon, a statue of the elephant god Ganesh used to grotesquely smash the actress' beautiful face. Ahmad's heralded debut The Caretaker, has 10 days to prove his innocenceBollywood film icon Shabana Shah has been murdered, her body found in the apartment where Ranjit ate dinner mere hours before. With a Grand Jury arraignment looming in 10 days, and Ranjit's teenage daughter about to arrive from India, he must find the doorman. With time qui
It’s a great evening, but the next morning homicide cops show up demanding to know why Ranjit’s fingerprints are on the murder weapon used to brutally beat the actress. Expat Indian Army Captain Ranjit Singh is building a new life in New York as a cab driver and part-time security guard. When Ranjit snags Bollywood actress Shabana Shah as a fare after cruising luxury shopping lanes, he’s shocked to recognize her building’s bellman as his Indian Army buddy Mohan. Ranjit meets Mohan that night, and they catch up over gourmet leftovers in Shah’s empty apartment. A