BOOK REVIEW

New Delhi Square by Jitendra Anand

- Swapna Peri

My Thoughts:

Reading a thriller and suspenseful story with drama has always been a cup of my tea. But due to the lockdown period unable to imagine while reading, my interest in nonfiction has increased. I must have read some 10 nonfiction books till the moment I received Jitendra Anand's wonderful mystery thriller, 'New Delhi Square '. I use the word wonderful because as a fan of Indian Author's works, I very much get connected to the names and places that the authors use. In this book, we travel with Vimal Mittal and his wife Varsha into the world of surprise, suspense, and twists. The story has all the shades of being a thriller movie. I say this because we see Vimal and Varsha, their love and married life, their social life, Vimal's professional life, vengeance, crime, betrayal, and patriotism. Author Jitendra has very finely combined all such humane emotions.

Personally, I loved the climax, because it is so realistic. I don't want to a story spoiler and hence I hide what the climax is! What to expect from the story? This story has the main center point as 'mystery' to its core. But it has more to offer than a normal drama and mystery. The book narrates a powerful story in a simple language and is filled with intense action, strong characters, highly unexpected twists, and underwhelming suspense. All in all, expect a book with a great writing style from the author. Though the author has penned many other books, this is the first one that I read.

The story is about Vimal Mittal, who is an engineering graduate from MBM, Jodhpur lives in Mumbai with his wife Varsha and two children are given an opportunity to work with an unknown NDS or The New Delhi Square, at Connaught Place, Delhi. The company never hired resources from open sources. The process is always been a secret and is very less known to the outside world. Anything about the company, who works, where do they live, what do they work on etc., have always been concealed from the outside world. Such a company after vigorous research on Vimal 's resume and achievements offers a job with NDS.

A doubt arises in both Varsha's and Vimal's mind. When Varsha seems