The Silent Intruder

First and foremost, she dedicated the book to her beloved parents, Syed Hamza Ali sahib and Tallat Batool sahiba, and requested for a word of prayer for their health and happiness, and I, therefore, begin my review with a prayer for them that Allah blesses them with good health and every happiness of the world, and may He safeguard them from every harm and affliction; Aameen. Secondly, I must commend and appreciate Zahra´s friend, Kausar Butt sahiba, I think, who helped her in the writing of the book. Well done to her and a thank you for her help. Now, as for the book itself, my dear friend Zahra can be most proud for another wonderful effort; I say another because this is her second book only in two years, and writing a book takes a lot out of you, and writing a crime-related thriller must´ve never been easy for her. The plot has a patient, but NOT slow, build-up, and it´s well rewarded in the end with a really well written climax full of thrills and excitement - to the point of immense excitement, especially since it revolved around a kid´s life being in danger. Brenda´s role was a good addition, a character which ended up playing a very important part in the end and the way things unfolded. I must add here that, the way the story has ended, a sequel to it an be planned - at least in my opinion - and the book can really be adopted as a screenplay for a drama in Pakistan (with a change to the location and the culture shown, of course) or anywhere, for that matter. A few good thing I would like to highlight in particular: David´s phone was shown to have been protected with a password. Thank God that this was focused on because our dramas in particular, and sometimes films too, miss out on this, and it really makes me wanting to punch the screen! Another really interesting and awesome piece of writing was the bit about David tearing tissue papers so that Tom could follow them to reach the place. Seriously good stuff! The bit about the truck and Robert, its driver, …