2014 June Meeting - Case of the Deadly Butter Chicken

It was proving to be a wet night, when everyone headed down the driveway to Yvonne's home.  It was a great incentive to sit around and chat about what we have been reading.  And what we read was

The Case of the Deadly Butter Chicken by Tarquin Hall

Meet Vish Puri the generously proportioned Indian private detective who is on the case again, locating a moustache thief, investigating cricket match fixing with its deadly butter chicken connection, and more somberly, shedding light on the tense events that occurred at the time of Partition.
Involving a cheerful cast of characters, this light-hearted whodunnit is perfectly balanced by its exploration of historical and contemporary issues faced by the Indian sub-continent. Good food and high jinks abound. 

Novels about India teach us so much about life on the subcontinent - the Partition, the food, the simple and the sophisticated.  The discussion on cricket match fixing was very timely, and now we are know how it is done!  The mystery of the missing moustache added a little extra extra fun.
But the really mystery - the case of the deadly butter chicken - was the centre piece where the solution is not obvious.

Overall a great read, once we got into it.