Fast forward to few months after that, as I was looking at my unread books shelf looking for a book to read, I saw this book and immediately started to read. As I read and read, I realized I made a mistake starting reading this book at night. You know why. I can't stop reading it as the story getting more interesting and twisted as the plot moved along. Within less than 24 hours, I finished reading it. The worst part is, I want to read more! I want to investigate with Inspector Mislan and his assistant. So I begged my husband to buy me the first book of this series, 21 Immortals. By 3rd week from the first day I read Inspector Mislan stories, I have finished all of his 3 books including the latest one Utube.
So what so interesting about this book? The series are about Inspector Mislan, a police officer from Kuala Lumpur Police Special Unit. He is a maverick badass investigation officer who determine to solve all his cases even though he has to face pressure from his superior and politicians in order to close his case. The stories walk us through the procedures what happened when a crime is reported to the police, how CSI and police work together and what are the challenges they faced. What more interesting about this is the fact the stories took Kuala Lumpur and it's surrounding as it's location. The author has injected some local dialect, the reality of Malaysia which filled with bureaucracy and involvement of politicians, the Tan Sris, Datuks in order to close their case. The stories are so near at home, you realized how police is underappreciate and their image is tarnished just because of few bad apples.
Furthermore, the writer, Rozlan Mohd Noor was a police officer for 11 years before he left the forces. He knows all the procedures, the language used and the daily struggle face by the police officer. At the same, i learned a lot about the codes that police use, how they divide themselves into division and the reality of Malaysian police rather than just watching American TV series.
Honestly, these are really good books and I really proud of the author who break the market that full with sappy love stories and finally come put with a book that worth reading. I fully recommended these books to all readers who also like watching CSI TV series and also those who enjoy crime investigation books.
The Inspector Mislan Series by Rozlan Mohd. Noor are available in major bookstores and have 3 series for now:
1. 21 Immortals
2. Duke
3. Utube
Go get a copy!
