A review by beebeereads
India Gray by Sujata Massey

3.0

I picked this up on Kindle Deals because it contains a mystery novella which serves as a prequel to The Widows of Malabar Hill which I read last year and enjoyed. That was a fun read. Another novella included in the collection was The Ayah’s Tale, a touching story about the relationship between an English boy and his Indian ayah (nanny). The author used a clever invention to tell the story using both voices. I would rate that novella on its own a 4 star read. The other short stories were less intriguing to me, one about India just after WWII and the other set in Pakistan in a village taken over by the Taliban. The stories themselves were interesting, but I am not fond of short stories as I prefer to get to know character and place better in a longer plot line. I will continue to read the mystery series as new ones are published. Her writing is warm and readable for a break from heavy topics.