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3.95 AVERAGE
3.95 AVERAGE
dark
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Heartwarming but incomplete
It was yet another period and legal drama rolled into one! Loved it same as the author's other books. But I hope there is another book coming. So many unanswered questions and unfinished dreams!
It was yet another period and legal drama rolled into one! Loved it same as the author's other books. But I hope there is another book coming. So many unanswered questions and unfinished dreams!
adventurous
funny
informative
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
A good read if a bit heavy handed at times
challenging
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
When I compared the two current popular Indian women detectives in the 1920s with "Murder under a Red Moon" I did not realize that Massey had this fourth book out. It feels to me like the author made a bit of a turn with this one -- 50 pages longer, the Mistry family no longer a near-perfect family, Perveen herself sharper and misstepping (though perhaps with cause related to her own and the family's circumstances), and an almost too complicated mystery. The primary case revolves around trumped-up charges against an ayah/nanny revealing women's lack of rights in the 1920s in India (not unlike some of the current situation in the US), along with tangled threads around British rule vs Indian autonomy, class and race problems, economics, and real estate. In addition to Perveen's family, Alice and Colin are back though all too briefly, and I hope Jewish Dr. Miriam Penkar shows up in future books. I also hope the author and her editors will aim for a tighter plot in the next one.
Another enjoyable installment of the Perveen Mistry mysteries! Here, there is even more deliberate reflection on the barriers of gender in all aspects of society, including instances as public as the practice of law and as private as interpersonal relationships.
One of my favorite's of this series so far.
I hope there will be MORE!
I hope there will be MORE!
I enjoy this series and the new book is like meeting a friend.
This mystery is messier, more sprawling than some of the others in the series. But I really appreciate Perveen as a character and Massey’s historical research and feminist themes.