Plot Summary

Hameed wanders to a haveli where he meets people and experience events as if he was part of Alif Laila or Tilism-e-Hoshruba. A minister is killed by a flying rifle when he’s just about to start his speech, and a mysterious Mr Q is taking control of all the criminals of the city.

Review

This one gave me goosebumps. It still does.

This one had a Tilism-e-Hoshruba feeling right from the first page. Every character, be it the antoginst or the supporting characters (Kanwal, Habshi, Nagar) are memorable. Rasheeda and Anwar also have a role to play in this one, and in a good way, not like the “I want to beat up Anwar and scratch Rasheeda’s face for trying to be too quirky”.

Hameed is funny as always and Faridi amazes everyone by his dedication and passion for catching the criminals. He lives through hardships to uncover the truth about Dr. Narang and his gang. In the last scene, he risks his own life to save the people from the maniac.

لاشوں کا آبشار جاسوسی دنیا کے ان ناولوں میں سے ہے جنہیں میں نے بارہا پڑھا ہے اور ہر بار پڑھ کر مزہ آیا ہے۔ ولن کا کردار جتنا پیچیدہ ہے، ہمارا جاسوس بھی اسے برابر کی ٹکر دیتا ہے۔ فریدی اس ناول کے ولن اتنا ہی ذہین اور جنونی ہے۔ اور کئی بار اس بات کو دہرایا گیا ہے کہ اگر خدا نہ خوانستہ فریدی غلط راستوں پر نکل پڑتا تو محکمہ سراغ رسانی کے لئے مسلسل درد سر بن جاتا۔

That concludes the review for . What do others feels about this one?

Shabana Mukhtar

P.S. Original draft date November 19, 2019