The Last Taxi Ride
A Ranjit Singh Novel
Minotaur · Print & ebook · June 16, 2015
An NPR Best Book of 2015!
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- Who it’s for
- A taxi driver’s New York vantage meets a layered crime mystery with Bollywood connections.
- Themes
- Murder investigation, False accusation, Trust and betrayal
- Pacing
- Fast
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An NPR Best Book of 2015! New York City taxi driver Ranjit Singh, hero of A.X. Ahmad's heralded debut The Caretaker, has 10 days to prove his innocence... Bollywood film icon Shabana Shah has been murdered, her body found in the apartment where Ranjit ate dinner mere hours before. Ranjit's fingerprints are all over the murder weapon, a statue of the elephant god Ganesh used to grotesquely smash the actress' beautiful face.
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Caught on film leaving the apartment alone, Ranjit is accused by the NYPD as an accessory to murder. Ranjit's only credible alibi is Shabana's Indian doorman, but he has vanished. With a Grand Jury arraignment looming in 10 days, and Ranjit's teenage daughter about to arrive from India, he must find the doorman. His search through the underbelly of New York leads to the world of high-end nightclub owners, back-alley Mumbai gangsters and to Jay Patel, a shady businessman who imports human hair. As his investigation for the true killer reveals layers of Shabana Shah's hidden past, Ranjit does not know whom to trust. He can rely only on his army training, his taxi-driver knowledge of New York, and his cabbie friends. 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.
Citywide Suspense
A taxi driver’s New York vantage meets a layered crime mystery with Bollywood connections.
Come here for
- Crime that moves between New York and Mumbai
- A cabbie’s street-level view of the city
Expect
- A fast-moving search threaded with hidden histories
- A second outing in the Ranjit Singh trilogy
Where it sits
| International Crime Fiction | 34% |
|---|---|
| Suspense | 34% |
| Crime Fiction | 28% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Amateur Sleuths
- Political Thrillers
- Crime Fiction
- Authors
- A. X. Ahmad
- Publisher
- Minotaur
- Published
- June 16, 2015
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Murder investigation · False accusation · Trust and betrayal
- Reading lane
- Amateur Sleuths