Damyanti Biswas
Autore di The Blue Bar
Sull'Autore
Serie
Opere di Damyanti Biswas
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Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 20th century
- Sesso
- female
- Luogo di residenza
- Singapore
- Organizzazioni
- The Forge Literary Magazine
Crime Writers of Color - Agente
- Lucienne Diver
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 4
- Opere correlate
- 1
- Utenti
- 119
- Popolarità
- #166,388
- Voto
- 4.0
- Recensioni
- 13
- ISBN
- 6
- Preferito da
- 1
The setting was the weather. The story takes place during monsoon season and the rain is mentioned on almost every page. I never knew much about monsoons but have learned that they are flash flood rains where the flood waters can reach up to a person's knees. It is impossible to remain dry when you walk from a car to inside a building and the characters' clothes stayed damp all day with mud splattered all over them. Of course, this makes keeping a crime scene dry near impossible. However, Arnav and his fellow inspectors had no problems reading the crime scenes. The monsoon atmosphere takes the reader to Mumbai in July and I could almost feel my arthritis kicking in when I read about the characters always being damp from coming inside from the rain.
I love the main character Arnav. He seems to be a realistic guy. Arnav's relationship with his wife and daughter resemble families we all know. While he has a good relationship with both he feels the usual aggravation from them that all couples must deal with. Arnav makes mistakes but doesn't become angry when they happen and he always admits making mistakes when he is called on the carpet. When he gets caught speaking white lies, he always admits doing so and you think that these admissions will result in a change in the plot. Instead, after the admission of guilt, Arnav takes the plot somewhere else. I also love that he chose an outspoken woman as his wife. Tara continues to push all his buttons even though she is totally dependent on him for care and support.
Mystery lovers who have not read the series yet should begin with the first book, The Blue Bar. It was just as good as this one and I highly recommend it.… (altro)