** This is taken from the back of the book, and from the inside cover, which contains comments about "Death in Kenya". My review follows. **
Moonlit mountains, heart-stopping suspense, and sudden death -- all await you in Kashmir.
Sarah Parrish has traveled to the mountainous paradise of Kashmir for some skiing and much needed relaxation. But a pall is cast over the snow-capped peaks when two women in her party are found dead on the treacherous wintry slopes.
Unable to shake off her conviction that these accidents were in fact murder, Sarah heads down to the lush, alke-rimmed capital city of Srinagar where the women once lived. There she meets the mysterious Charles Mallory, who sparks both passion and foreboding in her heart. And there too she discovers something that chills her very soul . . . and may soon cost her life.
Here, in the same exotic setting as her beloved bestseller The Far Pavilions, M. M. Kaye once again weaves a spellbinding tale of romance and murder certain to please her millions of fans.
SOME REVIEWS FOR DEATH IN KASHMIR:
'Spellbinding reading'
~Chattanooga Times
'M. M. Kaye handles her material with aplomb. The setting -- Kashmir's mountains, lakes, houeboats and hotels -- comes exotically, enticingly alive. And the narrative unfolds superbly. There's enough suspense to tickle the spine and make the heart trot faster than normal . . . Death in Kashmir is like a sprightly, good-humored maiden aunt -- old-fashioned, perhaps, but great fun.'
~The New York Times Book Review
'Death in Kashmir, like the other books in the series, goes beyond mere escape reading to a new genre altogether; the antidote novel, a book you read not to forget the world as it is, but to reverse it.'
~The Los Angeles Times Book Review
'It's always nice to get what you expect when you lay your money down, and the mystery novels of M. M. Kaye have the charm of being utterly predictable; a touch of mayhem in an exotic location, some wholesome romance and a plucky young English heroine to set things to rights. There is something cozy in the author's no-nonsense approach to fantastic events in fabled places . . . Appealing.'
~Boston Globe
'As usual, M. M. Kaye has dropped a neat, taut, well-written story into an exotic background. The mixture of the two makes spellbinding reading for those who savor good suspense. It's difficult to believe this series was written more than a quarter of a century ago and updated recently for publication by the author. It proves, if nothing else, that writers with talent are successful in whatever they tackle.'
~Chattanooga Times (Tennessee)
'Nice Kashmir scenery . . . evocations of British colonial/eccentric lifestyles. (The late Paul Scott, author of the definitive Raj Quartet, was a long-time Kay mentor.)'
~Kirkus Review
My Review
I like how the Boston Globe put it -- "a touch of mayhem in an exotic location, some wholesome romance and a plucky young English heroine to set things to rights." That is exactly what these books are like. The 'plucky young English heroine' in this case is Sarah Parrish. It starts with her being afraid. Good way to start a 'whodunnit', isn't it? She hears noises around her cabin . . .
Oh, but if I tell you if she dies or not, it would spoil it! Just kidding. She wouldn't die this early on. That is what's wrong with books. If the hero/heroine is in danger at the start, they HAVE to get through, because there are so many more pages afterwards . . . they couldn't be describing the funeral, now, could they? But I am horribly off topic.
The problem with writing a review for mysteries is that if I tell too much, I'll spoil it, and you'll say 'Well, there's no use in reading it now," and go on to watch television for six or seven hours, or get horribly drunk or something. =) So I will keep my mouth shut, and just tell you to read "Death in Kashmir." It isn't my favorite, I'll say that much, because out of the "Death in . . ." books, I think I like "Death in Zanzibar" the best, but it still is good and worth reading. At 317 pages, it shouldn't take too long, and sooner than later, you'll be free to read another M. M. Kaye book. =) Don't forget to sign the guestbook and e-mail me and tell me how much you hate it when I go off and write "MY REVIEW" above a bunch of words, and then fail to tell you anything about the book. =)
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