Murder Under a Red Moon

The glimpses of upper-class 1920s India are fun, if a bit simplistic. Which describes the rest of this book: it's a simplistic, shallow version of a Purveen mystery by Sujata Massey. Purveen, the investigating attorney, has to constantly struggle against the norms of her society: women don't do seri......more

An explemplar of how historical fiction can transport you to another time and place while allowing you to understand the mores and culture. India in the 1920s was a harsh reality for most women. Almost unimaginable to us today. Harini Nagenda paints the background picture while telling a cracking go......more

Harini Nagendra’s second novel never suffers a sophomore slump; it’s just as clever and intriguing as her debut, The Bangalore Detectives Club. Most of the characters from that novel make a reappearance here: Kaveri Murthy and her modern doctor husband Ramu, intrepid orphan Venu, Sergeant Isamail an......more

Murder Under a Red Moon is an interesting second book in the Bangalore Detective Series. My first impression was the clear improvement in both the story buildup as well as the writing. Since both the books are set during the colonial period and that too in Bengaluru, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed them. Ou......more

This was very reminiscent of the number one ladies detective agency. Kaveri is a wonderful heroic character defying the expected norm within her culture, a young Indian newly married lady who has set up her own detective agency following her success at solving several cases within her community and......more