Review: The Bangalore Detectives Club

The Bangalore Detectives Club by Harini Nagendra
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I was attracted to this book by the cover and title. I love murder mysteries, and the setting of 1920s India is one I’ve not read before.

I really enjoyed Kaveri’s character. She is very determined, and becomes more confident as the plot moves along. I loved the evolving relationship between her and Ramu, how he supports her, but also tries to stop her from getting hurt.

I liked the descriptions of the clothing, particularly when Kaveri adjusts her sari. Somehow it made me feel very present in the story. The settings come across well, there’s enough description to visualise them, without at all pulling back from the story.

The plot is well constructed, a really interesting mystery where I wasn’t sure of the culprit until quite near the end. The only thing I didn’t like, was the prologue. It doesn’t seem to have any bearing on the current book, I would call it more an epilogue that hints at the next book in the series, perhaps?

Overall, this was a well written murder mystery, with a great setting, that held my interest throughout.

I was given a free copy of this book, my opinions are my own.

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