If you prefer physical books, popular retailers often stock his latest reprints:
His journey began in the 1960s, and over the decades, he has written some of the most iconic crime thrillers in Indian history. Unlike the sanitized, high-tech thrillers of the West, Pathak’s novels are rooted in the Indian milieu. The streets of Delhi, the corrupt bureaucrats, the glamorous damsels in distress, and the hard-boiled detectives—everything feels familiar to the Indian reader.
: Featuring Sardar Surendra Singh Sohal (Vimal), a gangster with a conscience who is a wanted criminal in seven states. Blockbusters like Paisath Lakh Ki Dakaiti (The Sixty-Five Lakh Heist) helped this series sell millions of copies.
