'Waiting on Wednesday' is an event where I feature an upcoming book that I am extra excited about. I love doing this, letting the 'word' spread about authors and series that I enjoy. Hope you'll stop by often and see what I'm 'waiting' on!
I am excited to share info about a 'new-to-me' mystery series. It's not a new series because the book for this week is #4 in Nev March's 'Captain Jim and Lady Diana' historical crime tales. However, though I own the first, Murder in Old Bombay, and the second, Peril at the Exposition, I have not read them yet. After catching up on the Perveen Mistry series set in 1920's India, I thought that delving back into late 19th century India would be fun as well. I've heard good things about this series from friends and other bloggers. The first book won multiple awards for 'best first mystery' in 2021. Have you tried any of these books? Opinions? Happily, not a super long series yet so 'catching-up' will be possible. Meet Captain Jim and Lady Diana!
by Nev March
Publication Date: May 13th
Captain Jim Agnihotri and Lady Diana Framji return to India as they investigate a murder amidst colonial Bombay's complex hierarchy in March's fourth mystery.
In 1894 colonial India, Lady Diana's family has lost their fortune in a global financial slump, but even worse, her brother Adi is accused of murder. Desperate to save him from the gallows, Captain Jim and Lady Diana rush back to Bombay. However, the traditional Parsi community finds Jim and Diana's marriage taboo and shuns them.
The dying words of Adi’s business partner, a silversmith, are perplexing. As Captain Jim peels back the curtains on this man's life he finds a trail of unpaid bills, broken promises, lies and secrets. Why was the silversmith so frantic for gold, and where is it? What awful truth does it represent?
Set in lush, late-Victorian India, Captain Jim and Diana struggle with the complexities of caste, tradition, and loyalty. Their success and their own lives may depend on Diana, who sacrificed her inheritance for love. Someone within their circle has the key to this puzzle. Can she find a way to reconnect with the tight community that threw them aside?
Murder in Old Bombay is a book I've looked at several times with a view to buying, but Amazon wanted silly money for it. I must check the price again as I would like to try this series. The covers are lovely too.
ReplyDeleteHope you can find a copy of it, Cath. Yes, I like the covers too.
DeleteI haven't read this one. It does sound good though.
ReplyDeleteI think it's a series worth exploring. Plan to do that.
DeleteI read the first book in this series and enjoyed it and meant to read more from the series. This sounds like a good one! I saw your comment regarding the Julia Spencer Fleming series. I read several books years ago and absolutely loved them. I really need to go back to it. I hope you share your thoughts as you do a reread!
ReplyDeleteI will try to do that, Katherine. I'm reading #2 right now. Enjoying it, but it's been a while and there were things I had forgotten. Good to know you enjoyed the first book in the series mentioned above.
DeleteI do love a good series--and I can relate to having books in a few that I have yet to start. And India is such a great setting for mysteries. Hope you enjoy this one!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Catherine! I hope to when I get around to trying it. Glad you're back - you've been missed!
DeleteI haven't read these but it sounds like a good series.
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I'm eager to try it, Mary. Think it might suit me very well.
DeleteI do like a good historical mystery!
ReplyDeleteI know you do. Ha!
DeleteYeah colonial India seems a ripe setting for a mystery. I don't know Nev March ... but I hope you like the books.
ReplyDeleteI'm hopeful about it too. Will share my experience when I get it read. Thanks for coming by!
DeleteThis is a series I really want to try too!
ReplyDeleteHope we both like it, Wendy!
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