Mallory's Reviews > The Blue Bar

This was a very interesting police procedural. I think the most interesting part was that it takes place in India where the political and cultural differences to crime solving are different than most of what I have read. I liked the cultural piece, but especially the frustration in following a crime solver who is determined in a culture that seems to discourage questions when they are inconvenient for the rich. When a body is found on a construction site without head, feet, or hands and clearly buried for some time Inspector Arnav is determined to work this homicide. He recalls an earlier case with similar details and quickly is able to tie several dismembered women together. Tara had been a bar girl but when she got a bad feeling doing some extra night work she fled 13 years ago hiding their child from Arnav. But she is back in Mumbai now determined to make enough money to send her daughter to a good international school. Things get dangerous as some powerful people seem very determined to stop Arnav from stopping a serial killer. Overall I give this one 3.5 stars rounded up for it being a unique cultural read.