Homicide in the Indian Hills (A Jane Wunderly Mystery)

By: Erica Ruth Neubauer

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Synopsis: Intrepid American newlywed Jane Wunderly learns that tigers aren&’t the only dangers lurking in 1920s India, when a murder in a popular resort town threatens to destabilize the local government and undermine the resistance movement for Indian self-rule . . .Ooty, 1927: Accompanying Mr. Redvers on an assignment to Ootacamund to quell revolutionary rumblings, Jane finds there&’s more than meets the eye to India&’s Queen of Hill Stations. Ooty&’s lush tea plantations and tranquil gardens barely conceal its secrets—scandalous affairs, political sabotage, and a mounting anti-colonial movement. Even Redvers intends to subvert his official mission in Ooty by arranging a series of clandestine meetings with local resistance leaders. But it&’s not until the shocking death of a British national that Jane and Redvers are truly drawn into Ooty&’s deepest shadows. Jane&’s suspicions that the death is more than a tragic accident are soon confirmed, but word of a murder could stoke Ooty&’s simmering tensions into a full boil. Navigating corrupt local officials, festering personal vendettas, and a complicated network of bureaucratic entanglements that lead to the top tiers of government, Jane and Redvers edge closer to the truth . . . and its deadly consequences. Someone is willing to spill blood to protect their interests: will Jane become just another of Ooty&’s darkest secrets?