Review: Excellent read
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 22, 2013
"Rani of Rampur" by Suneeta Misra was recommended to me by a fellow reviewer and I am glad he praised it the way he did. It is an excellent murder mystery, or at least that is how it is advertised in some places, but it is so much more. It is the story of a dysfunctional family, a story about family values and the caste system in India, about Village life, about politics and corruption.The heroine, journalist Rani, is sent to assist her aunt with a family wedding where she gets drawn into the investigation of her uncle's murder while courting romance with the groom of the forthcoming wedding.This book really works on so many levels and anyone who has read other works set in India will appreciate how hard it is to translate this remote way of living to a Western audience.I loved every word of the story and highly recommend it to those already familiar with the world the story is set in and those who know little about it.