Caroline

I loved The Pinnacle. Loved it, I tell you. It is definitely one of my favourites from this year, and as I hadn't previously read anything by Abir Mukherjee, it was a great starting point. 💻🇮🇳

I know you want to know what I loved about The Pinnacle. Everything peeps, everything, but mainly:

- The location, which is Mumbai, (a place I'm only familiar with thanks to The Best Marigold Hotel and its sequel.)

- The fact that this is a crime thriller.

- The wonderful characters. From the best to the worst, I loved them all. 💻🇮🇳

I suppose you want to know what it's about. Without giving too much away, The Pinnacle is a skyscraper in Mumbai, where the uber rich reside, safe in the knowledge that its security is state of the art. Then one of its residents, the queen of Bollywood, is found dead in her apartment, stabbed whilst she slept. 💻🇮🇳

What follows is a twisty tale that takes us through the streets of Mumbai, where we encounter many colourful characters. There is also a subplot, involving the dead woman's PA. 💻🇮🇳

There's a lot of humour throughout, verging on slapstick at times, but somehow, it felt right. 💻🇮🇳

I really loved The Pinnacle. I hope you do too.

Thanks to Random House UK and Netgalley for the ARC.