Where it used to be just Inspector Ghote, there seem to be an increasing number of series set in India - mostly historical, but a few recent as well: Barbara Cleverly's Joe Sandilands series, Nev March's Jim Agnihotri books, Sujata Massey's Perveen Mistry series, Vaseem Khan's Malabar House series, Abir Mukherjee's Wyndham/Banerjee books, Nev March's Jim Agnihotri series, and Tarquin Hall's Vish Puri/Most Private Investigators Agency books all come to mind. Whew! And now here's a new one that looks kind of interesting:
The Bangalore Detectives Club by Harini Nagendra. And it's on sale in the US for $1.99 right now.
Kindle US:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09JPHM7WH
Kindle US/Smile:
https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B09JPHM7WH
Kobo US:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the...ectives-club-2
Spoiler:
Quote:
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year
The first in a charming, joyful crime series set in 1920s Bangalore, featuring sari-wearing detective Kaveri and her husband Ramu. Perfect for fans of Alexander McCall Smith’s The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency.
When clever, headstrong Kaveri moves to Bangalore to marry handsome young doctor Ramu, she's resigned herself to a quiet life.
But that all changes the night of the party at the Century Club, where she escapes to the garden for some peace and quiet—and instead spots an uninvited guest in the shadows. Half an hour later, the party turns into a murder scene.
When a vulnerable woman is connected to the crime, Kaveri becomes determined to save her and launches a private investigation to find the killer, tracing his steps from an illustrious brothel to an Englishman's mansion. She soon finds that sleuthing in a sari isn't as hard as it seems when you have a talent for mathematics, a head for logic, and a doctor for a husband . . .
And she's going to need them all as the case leads her deeper into a hotbed of danger, sedition, and intrigue in Bangalore's darkest alleyways.
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