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Fresh new crime series set in India by a young British star
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Ruby Jones has moved to Delhi to pursue her dreams of becoming an international news journalist. But when the body of Stephen Newby, her flatmate and best friend, is pulled from the Yamuna River - and the mystery around his death becomes more and more mysterious - she puts her investigative instincts to good use as she tries to uncover who's responsible. Ruby's questions take her deeper and deeper into the world of Indian policing - and into the heart of a yoga ashram. She discovers that the yoga world isn't always the calm, spiritual place advertised, but that beneath the breathing exercises and dog poses lies something sinister - something that she's certain points to dark, hidden secrets that could have huge repercussions for all involved if discovered . . .
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I got Murder in the Ashram just a few weeks before getting on my way to Delhi. Wasn't sure about what to expect really - probably one more semi-mystic page turner. I was, however, surprised by a great work of fiction. Great plot, real characters and and an un-biased view of India. It's impossible not to get under the skin of the narrator Ruby. The authors background in journalism added loads to the flow and to the realism.
The most impressive aspect, though, is the atmosphere. It helped me to get a vivid sense of Delhi before getting there and even more once there. The book successfully manages to immerse the reader into contemporary Delhi and its various 'sub-worlds' - 'the dark side of Delhi'. It helped me to get a vivid sense of Delhi before getting there and even more once there. A must read to any Delhi visitor!
The most impressive aspect, though, is the atmosphere. It helped me to get a vivid sense of Delhi before getting there and even more once there. The book successfully manages to immerse the reader into contemporary Delhi and its various 'sub-worlds' - 'the dark side of Delhi'. It helped me to get a vivid sense of Delhi before getting there and even more once there. A must read to any Delhi visitor!
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Murder at the Ashram is an excellent debut novel by Kathleen McCaul, which includes everything that a novel needs to create an engrossing read. The premise of the novel is the investigations of a young, freelance journalist into the death of her friend in Delhi. The novel provides strong characterisation of Ruby, the journalist and the friend she whose death she is investigating, while keeping the plot moving.
Kathleen paints a vivid picture of life in Delhi, in particular bringing it to life for those like myself who have not visited. As consequence the reader reaps the benefit of the authors years of experience in India. Having finished the novel in super quick time I look forward to the sequel and hopefully a continuing series of novels from the author.
Kathleen paints a vivid picture of life in Delhi, in particular bringing it to life for those like myself who have not visited. As consequence the reader reaps the benefit of the authors years of experience in India. Having finished the novel in super quick time I look forward to the sequel and hopefully a continuing series of novels from the author.
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I loved this. I've just finished a copy I picked up at someone's house, browsed the first pages and then insisted on taking home to read. I've been up late the last three nights, engrossed in the book. The characters are brilliantly done to the extent that after just a handful of pages, I was smitten with Steven - still am - and felt a kind of familiar intimacy with the heroine, Ruby, as if she was one of my oldest friends - an affectionate and friendly feeling, but also occasionally irritated at her choices.
Ruby's Delhi is beautifully sketched out and you can really feel the author's familiarity with the city -- it says in the bio that she lived and worked in Delhi as a journalist, and it's impossible not to suspect quite a lot of this is autobiographical, just as it should be in a first novel, I think.
I note this is called the Ruby Jones series, so can only assume more is in the pipeline. I look forward to that.
Ruby's Delhi is beautifully sketched out and you can really feel the author's familiarity with the city -- it says in the bio that she lived and worked in Delhi as a journalist, and it's impossible not to suspect quite a lot of this is autobiographical, just as it should be in a first novel, I think.
I note this is called the Ruby Jones series, so can only assume more is in the pipeline. I look forward to that.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
One of the most tedious books I have ever read
This debut novel is so badly written it is hard to believe the author has a degree in English from Oxford University, and writes for a living as a journalist. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Helen Banham Heenan
Brilliant debut novel
The central character Ruby is contemporary and intelligent. The plot is full of suspense, mystery, humour and irony. Read more
Published 13 months ago by T. Crook
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