The Case of the Love Commandos
The Case of the Love Commandos by Tarquin Hall At the request of his colleague Facecream, Vish Puri, India’s “Most Private Investigator,” is persuaded to help the Love Commandos, an […]
The Viceroy’s Daughters
The Viceroy’s Daughters: The Lives of the Curzon Sisters by Anne de Courcy The aristocratic Curzon sisters were the daughters of Lord Curzon, confidants of royalty, and friends, lovers, and […]
The Strangler Vine
The Strangler Vine and The Infidel Stain by M.J. Carter In the tradition of Holmes and Watson, Jeremiah Blake, a cynical ex-employee of the British East India Company and William […]
Detective Joe Sandilands
Detective Joe Sandilands Novels by Barbara Cleverly While in NYC I ran across the 8th novel in the Detective Joe Sandilands series by Barbara Cleverly (Strange Images of Death-yummy!) How […]
The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters
The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters by Balli Kaur Jaswal Deathbed wishes (commands) come in many guises. For British-born Punjabi sisters Rajini, Jezmeen, and Shirina, their mother’s last wish […]
The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra
The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra by Vaseem Khan (Book 1) A sub-genre of the English cozy is the Indian cozy, light hearted detective tales set in the subcontinent. Other […]
The Lowland
The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri The latest novel from Jhumpa Lahiri, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Interpreter of Maladies and The Namesake, concerns Subhash and Udayan, two brothers growing up […]
The Case of the Missing Servant
The Case of the Missing Servant by Tarquin Hall (Book 1) Vish Puri, known to close friends and family as Chubby, is a portly, Punjabi private investigator in Delhi. In […]
Indian Summer
Indian Summer: The Secret History of the End of an Empire by Alex Von Tunzelmann After reading The White Tiger a few months ago, I became interested in Indian history, […]