Roca Editorial Misterio: El Caso de la Sirvienta Desaparecida (Paperback)

from bostonian71

Enjoyable start to this mostly light-hearted mystery series. Vish is an appealing character (if a bit full of himself), his operatives are talented and idiosyncratic, and the cases, if not quite as well-developed as in later books, are still interesting. There aren't as many food references, eith...

from kaitanya64

Yes, this is yet another mystery series set in a non-Western locale with lots of local color. But this one has a well-constructed plot and seems pretty straightforward about its descriptive accomodations for a Western audience. It's not deep philosophy, but it is smart, funny mystery that provide...

from SeriousGrace

Vish Puri is India's Most Private Investigator. Confidentiality is his game. His bread and butter cases consist mostly of scoping out potential partners in a culture where prearranged marriages are the norm. Fathers consider the services Puri and his team provides a deeper background check of eli...

from tulikangaroo

For all the comparisons with Mma. Ramotswe of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Vish Puri is a very different detective. He's quite Poirot-esque, with his mustache, hat, and ego. Like in Alexander McCall Smith's books, the culture is as big a character as the detective; but where things in Bots...

from Condorena

Vish Puri is one of the best PI in Dehli and most probably in all of the subcontinent of India. Or at least he thinks so. He is diligent, successful and discrete. One of his motto is " Confidence is my watch word."A well known lawyer comes to Puri and tells him that he is being accused of murderi...