Aspiring actress Priya is found dead in her home and the main suspect who is believed to have driven her to commit suicide is Anil, son of Telugu Film Star Mohan Krishna. Priya and Anil were supposed to debut together in a film, and rumor has it that Anil and Priya had a love affair, which ended with Priya being dropped from the movie and may be from Anil’s life that drove her to end it all.
Partha Rao, a known person to Mohan Krishna’s family is hired to handle the situation as media is bent on proving Anil’s involvement and hence end his career before launch and his father’s political aspirations. The ruling party, media, press, and friends of Priya from the university she graduated, all have their own version of the conspiracy. Priya’s personal belongings — her mobile and laptop are missing from the crime scene, a student from the university is missing at the same time, however, Mohan Krishna’s family suspect someone else from the family other than Anil who developed proximity towards Priya, to be the main suspect. Partha along with his associates Seema and Harish set out to crack this puzzle while unknowingly getting tangled in a web of lies, deceit and conspiracies before finding the truth — how and to whom is this ‘A Useful Death’. The story opens with Priya found dead and Partha hired by Anil’s team to handle the crisis. At the outset, the story starts like any mystery, a dead body, few clues and known suspects. Instead of police or a detective agency, here, a group of crisis management consultants set about trying to find truth behind the death.
I liked the style and vocabulary that Sriram has chosen to display in his Novel. It's thought-provoking and gives us an insight of how the Cine industries work. The struggles and hurdles experienced by young and ambitious actors to gain a name for themselves is almost always sabotaged, stumped upon by the giants in the food chain, making them weak and vulnerable.
But, how the perfect plot builds in factually and burns you out with some improvement of current Socio-Economic-Political thrills. Especially when yellow journalism parts into making this story as a fitting one. The Writing style of the author made the characterisation bring limelight to the premise of the story. The language and the structure used seems to build the sequence of the event adds both the exquisite and accommodative nature to its readers. .
It's clear that the author is a talented scriptwriter as this book could be easily interpreted to base a Netflix Series or a Thriller Movie in India. The language is appropriate and pace is right for the premise. A bit too much descriptions might bore you at places, but it's binge worthy! Any thriller fan would like the quick thinker Partha whose dialogues could very well reflect your own thoughts while reading the book. Recommended thriller fiction of 2019!
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