The Last Taxi Ride: A Ranjit Singh Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.90 (872 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 125001686X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-22 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Ranjit's fingerprints are all over the murder weapon, a statue of the elephant god Ganesh used to grotesquely smash the actress' beautiful face. He can rely only on his army training, his taxi-driver knowledge of New York, and his cabbie friends. New York City taxi driver Ranjit Singh, hero of A.X. 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. As his investigation for the true killer reveals layers of Shabana Shah's hidden past, Ranjit does not know whom to trust. With time quickly running out, can Ranjit clear his name before his fare is up? The Last Taxi Ride is the second novel in the Ranjit Singh trilogy.. Caught on film leaving the apartment alone, Ranjit is accused by the NYP
From Booklist This sequel to The Caretaker (2013) is another solid success for Ahmad, who conjures up a fascinating cast of characters from mobsters to cab drivers, illuminating South Asian expat culture and exploring the Indian Mafia’s long reach. 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. A strong, rapid-paced thriller with exotic interest; addictive reading. Ranjit meets Mohan that night, and they catch up over gourmet leftovers in Shah’s empty apartment. Ranjit’s going down for murder unless he gets answers from the suddenly vanished Mohan, but his search gets tangled in a violent Indian Mafia power struggle, and he quickly becomes a target. --Christine Tran . 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 brutal
Pen Name said Five Stars. Great. Read his first novel first.. Vickie I. Fang said 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 . Not so much 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 predi
and Brooklyn, New York, and is also the author of The Caretaker. X. He splits his time between Washington, D.C. A. . AHMAD was raised in India, educated at Vassar College and M.I.T., and worked for many years as an international architect