Detective Nero Mullick enters the Puja special edition

As requested by the Editor of Mashik Rahasya, I returned back to Deolali and created the character of Nero Mullick and he made his entry into the world of criminal investigation in a prestigious Puja Special edition. He was a retired officer of the Indian Railways and had the traits in him that singled him out from others. He was a strict disciplinarian and was hurt when anything happened that should not have happened.
He had a dedicated assistant in the form of a police inspector who would drop in on him whenever any out-of-the-way crime took place. The crimes were usually of murders.
One such story was about a dead body found in the boot of a taxi at Howrah station. In fact, such an incident actually took place and my pen wove an imaginary story around it and it became a novelette. I realized that penning a novel was not an easy task and one had to be careful to ensure that continuity was maintained and that the characters did not get mixed up.
In order to do this in a systematic way, I would jot down the important points like names of characters, location of incidents, timings etcetera on a separate sheet of paper so that I did not lose track of the important aspects. There would be times when I would need to refer to some documents like a road map or a railway timetable to ensure accuracy of facts.
And, I always kept a note book near my bed – to jot down sudden inspirational items like a newly coined word or the name of a character that would sound most appropriate in the particular situation. (to be continued …)


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