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