This book covers a period during the early days of the British Raj in India, a period I love reading about. As a result, for me this was a page-turner. In fact, at the end of the book I had to read the enclosed chapter from the sequel to find out what happened to the two main characters. The extended cast of characters are quite complicated and some surprises about them await the reader.

This book is less of a mystery and and more of an adventure novel. I was particularly intrigued by the differing view of the Thugee menace the author portrayed. According to her, some historians are drastically revising the historical reality of this "religious murder cult."

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