1920s, espionage, suspense, suspicion, historical-mystery, historical-novel, historical-places-events, historical-research, historical-setting, history-and-culture, sly-humor, investigation, relationships, relatives, class-consciousness, murder, India, hill-country, threats, political-intrigue, political-factions*****

American Jane Wunderly has remarried recently to British agent Redfers despite her wanting to never marry again. Jane accompanies Redfers to the Hill Stations of India where they encounter murder, political sabotage, and threats to this newlywed couple. Very happy to see a book of new adventures!
I requested and received a temporary uncorrected reader's proof from Kensington Publishing via NetGalley. Thank you!
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Thanks to Kensington and Net Galley for this ARC. Great location, learnt lots about India in the 1920s. The plot wasn't great and Jane although intelligent doesn't know much about the man she married or his job. The series started great, dipped after a few booked then picked up. This feels like another dip to me but i love the characters so hope it picks up again in the next instalement.

Jane Wunderly and Redvers are back! I love this series and always look forward to a new book release. This one is set in India in a tumultuous political climate as Britain tries to retain control of India. Due to his job Redvers is stuck in the middle, with Jane along for the ride, when suddenly one of their colleagues is murdered. Was it political? Personal? Blackmail? Jane and Redvers are on the case to find out!

I enjoy that they are a modern couple for the 1920's and that Redvers respects Jane and her opinions. The descriptions of food had my mouth-watering and ordering tikkmasala from my favorite India restaurant. However, the overall mystery felt a bit repetitive for me with not much in the mystery progressing until the last 20%. The last two books in the series haven't sparkled in the same way for me, but I still love this couple so much I'm giving this book 3.5 stars rounded up to 4. I really hope the author can provide us a more interesting plot in the next book and I will certainly be adding this one to my collection.

Thank you to NetGalley and Kensington Publishing for this early copy!

Thanks to NetGalley and Kensington Publishing for this digital ARC.

This book is the sixth entry into the Jane Wunderly mystery. Newly married Jane and Redvers head to India, where Redvers is looking into rumors of a revolution by Indians in protest to English rule. When a British national is found dead by a reported tiger attack, Jane and Redvers begin looking into the mystery.

Another wonderful addition to the Jane Wunderly series! Read them today!

Many thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read an advance copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. As a fan of the previous books in the series, I was delighted to be able to read the latest installment with Jane and Redvers as newlyweds. This book is a great addition to the series, although it could be read as a stand-alone. I loved the locale being in India this time. I appreciated that the main characters were sympathetic to the Indian desire for self-rule, not typical of the British population in India. Jane and Redvers became suspicious of the death of a friend, and they wanted to investigate what happened, not knowing if it was politically motivated or for personal reasons. It was particularly challenging since they had communication difficulties because they didn't speak the local language, and it was hard to know who was trustworthy. I found the book very atmospheric, and I felt like it was illustrative of British life in India at that time. It was a great combination of murder mystery, political intrigue, travel and a portrayal of a very compatible couple. I look forward to reading more about Jane and Redvers, and I can't wait to see where they go next.

I really enjoyed the historical element and how it worked in the mystery genre as well. It was a strong entry in the Jane Wunderly Mystery series and had that feel that I enjoyed from the previous five books. Erica Ruth Neubauer has that element that I wanted and enjoyed the overall story being told. It left me wanting to read more and I really enjoyed how everything worked together.

Newlyweds Jane and Redvers travel to India in 1927 on behalf of the British government; Redvers has been tasked with meeting with India's opposition leaders prior to a political conference. They begin to investigate a mysterious death and try to learn whether the victim was murdered for political or personal reasons (or maybe both?). An interesting look at British politics in India towards the end of its colonization of the country. The story was slowed a bit by numerous scenes of Jane walking various places to question witnesses and suspects. The interplay between Redvers and Jane is delightful, although Jane seems to know surprisingly little about the man she married. Thanks to Kensington and NetGalley for the ARC.

I really enjoy this series, which has compelling characters, interesting plots, and fascinating locations. This newest entry is no exception, with newly married Jane and Redvers in southern India on one of Redvers’s assignments for the British government. Political intrigue turns deadly, and Jane decides to start investigating as well. Danger to both life and career abound given questions about the involvement of high-ranking British officials. I thought the author did a good job of making likable characters react believably to what would now be unacceptable- British rule of India and the racism that underpinned it for some British people. The mystery is an interesting mix of the personal and political, and as always in this series, the setting is well done and well blended in to the story. Series readers will like seeing how Redvers and Jane are as a married couple, and I am already looking forward to the next one. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an advance copy. All views are entirely my own and offered voluntarily.

Jane Wunderly and her husband Redvers are back for their first mystery as a married couple. I really wanted to love this book. I really like this series and I did like this book but I just don’t think it was quite as good as the previous books. I enjoyed the mystery and it was interesting to read about India and Great Britain in the 1920’s. The mystery was a challenge to figure out and I liked that, but a couple of things Jane did just frustrated me. She spent a lot of the book talking about being afraid of tiger attacks while out walking and then seemed to walk for miles and miles a day by herself. She is usually a smart, independent woman, so if the idea of tigers was scary don’t wander around everywhere. Also, she and Redvers seem to have very frank, intelligent conversations, but she never asked him much of anything about his job and now that she has married him she is concerned about it. Again, Jane is a smart woman and I feel like she should have done this before the wedding. I would still recommend this book, but I hope any future books will have Jane acting more like herself!

Thank you to NetGalley for the opportunity to review this book. All opinions are my own.

Take a smart, intrepid couple, a set of complex characters, and an exotic locale -- India during the British Raj -- and add a lively mystery. You can count on a rattling good story, and that's what this novel provides.

Jane and Redvers are newlyweds, with enough romance to spice up the story without interfering with the puzzle. The political shenanigans swirling around the Indian resistance movement provide an intriguing backdrop for the complicated personal relationships. But which of those milieus is causing deaths among the British expats?

Reminiscent of Golden Age mysteries, this book is a pleasure to read. It also includes a Christmas novella that is a prequel introducing the families of Jane and Redvers. I look forward to more of the series.

Lush and redolent of the last days of the Raj, this is a delightful, heady little historical mystery