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The Bangalore Detectives Club by Harini Nagendra

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I picked up this book for two reasons - I'm currently enjoying writers who are either from India or writing based on India and in particular vintage India ; the second reason being it has the name of my home city and small city of Mysore. Those are the only bonus points I could give this book. Till Chapter 13, this "detectives club" was being run by Kaveri, the protagonist. She is a new bride to Ramu, a Bangalore-based doctor. She is a Mysorian, recently moved to a more fashionable, more advanced city of Bangalore. The setting of the story is endearing - homes with large courtyards, trees bearing fruits, the fragrant jasmine, the beautiful kanjivaram sarees, the hot coffee in brass tumblers... old Bangalore was a beautiful place. The story so far had only rattled off some kannada and the names of famous clubs and roads of those times, some of which still exist. Kaveri is a math genius but is currently not pursuing her education and hoping she would be able to study in hid...