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A fun, fast read. Stone Barrington is pushed into purchasing a British estate when the very ill owner wants to avoid his non-children from inheriting. Shortly after Barrington‘s arrival a neighbor is murdered. Also, his son Peter has ticked off a violent cult. When Peter disappears to England, the cult followers him.

This seems to be the last in this series that I have really enjoyed. This mystery centered on a snoring husband, money laundering (during India's 2016 demonetization exercise), and a disappearance during the 1984 anti-sikh riots.
The topics tackled may be serious, but Vish Puri and his mother really do know how to enliven the situation.
The audiobook is a good way to enjoy this series.

Solid enjoyable read with a great mystery.

Loved this one. A novel of connected short stories about James Leipfold, private investigator. The stories deal with his somewhat younger years and how he became an investigator, and how he met Detective Inspector Jack Cholmondeley. Nicely done.

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I reached out to get my book to read and I disturbed Ozzie. Now he‘s moved off my lap and has turned his back on me. Obviously I‘m a monster. 🤣 #serieslove2023 @TheSpineView @Andrew65

1. lunch with grandchildren - while husband preparing our grandson will read a book to us; or dinner with my husband - I enjoy meals where we eat together and share our days -
2. tagged, but any cozy mystery - they usually have more discussion about food than most books 😂

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Found this pic on my phone and realized I forgot to post it....Love this series! Witty dialogue of Willow Jean (Will) Parker is so fun. She's a circus runaway turned assistant to famous Private Detective Lillian Pentecost.

Audiobook narrator does excellent job. I switched between it and library print copy. Ms. Pentecost is great character too. Incredibly smart but being let down by her body battling muscular sclerosis. It's become a must read.

I liked the characters but it was a pretty long book for having a thin plot and not much mystery. The disjointed narrative didn't work for me either.

I like this series for the potrayal of its characters as much as for the food tour of India. The mystery in this was approached from 2 angles - one from Puri's and the other from his always delightful mummy-ji. This book highlighted a part of Partition history which I had no knowledge of - which were the Indian women who saved the abductees from across the newly created border.

Another page turner….V.I. Warshowski is asked to clear the name of a woman who hated VI and all her family after the woman completed her prison time. At 1st VI can‘t even imagine the possibility of innocence, but her investigation keeps bringing up more questions (and danger) and brings up graft of powerful men.