Death in the Air: A Novel by Ram Murali - Hardcover
āGlamorous, gripping, absolutely heaps of fun. I loved this.āāLucy Foley, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Guest List and The Paris Apartment
"Unexpected delights await on every page of Ram Muraliās impressive and captivating debut.Ā Crisp as a gin and tonic and delightfully wicked, this smart, smart novel delivers a sophisticated, subversive murder mystery set in the highest stratosphere of the international idle rich.Ā I had to force myself not to binge it in one night so I could savor it like the rare and exquisite meal that it is."Ā āKevin Kwan,Ā New York TimesĀ bestselling author ofĀ Crazy Rich Asians
The White LotusĀ meetsĀ Knives OutĀ meets Crazy Rich Asians in this devilishly entertaining debut novel: both a sophisticated locked-room mystery in the tradition of Agatha Christie, and a provocative literary whodunit for the twenty-first century.
Ro Krishna is the American son of Indian parents, educated at the finest institutions, equally at home in Londonās poshest clubs and on the squash court, but unmoored afterĀ he is dramatically forced to leave a high-profile job under mysterious circumstances. He decides itās time to check in for some much-needed R&R at Samsara, a world-class spa for the global cosmopolitan elite nestled in the foothills of the Indian Himalayas. A person could be spiritually reborn in a place like this. Even a very rich person.
But a personāor severalācould also die there.Ā Samsara is the Sanskrit word for the karmic cycle of death and rebirth, after all. And as it turns out, the colorful cast of characters Ro meetsāincluding a misanthropic politician; an American movie star preparing for his Bollywood crossover debut; a beautiful heiress to a family jewel fortune that barely survived Partition; and a bumbling white yogi inexplicably there to teach meditationāharbors a murderer among them. Maybe more than one.
As the death toll rises, Ro, a lawyer by training and a sleuth by circumstance, becomes embroiled in a vicious world under a gilded surface, where nothing is quite what it seems . . . including Ro himself.Ā Death in the AirĀ is a brilliant, teasing mystery from a remarkable new talent.
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āGlamorous, gripping, absolutely heaps of fun. I loved this.āāLucy Foley, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Guest List and The Paris Apartment
"Unexpected delights await on every page of Ram Muraliās impressive and captivating debut.Ā Crisp as a gin and tonic and delightfully wicked, this smart, smart novel delivers a sophisticated, subversive murder mystery set in the highest stratosphere of the international idle rich.Ā I had to force myself not to binge it in one night so I could savor it like the rare and exquisite meal that it is."Ā āKevin Kwan,Ā New York TimesĀ bestselling author ofĀ Crazy Rich Asians
The White LotusĀ meetsĀ Knives OutĀ meets Crazy Rich Asians in this devilishly entertaining debut novel: both a sophisticated locked-room mystery in the tradition of Agatha Christie, and a provocative literary whodunit for the twenty-first century.
Ro Krishna is the American son of Indian parents, educated at the finest institutions, equally at home in Londonās poshest clubs and on the squash court, but unmoored afterĀ he is dramatically forced to leave a high-profile job under mysterious circumstances. He decides itās time to check in for some much-needed R&R at Samsara, a world-class spa for the global cosmopolitan elite nestled in the foothills of the Indian Himalayas. A person could be spiritually reborn in a place like this. Even a very rich person.
But a personāor severalācould also die there.Ā Samsara is the Sanskrit word for the karmic cycle of death and rebirth, after all. And as it turns out, the colorful cast of characters Ro meetsāincluding a misanthropic politician; an American movie star preparing for his Bollywood crossover debut; a beautiful heiress to a family jewel fortune that barely survived Partition; and a bumbling white yogi inexplicably there to teach meditationāharbors a murderer among them. Maybe more than one.
As the death toll rises, Ro, a lawyer by training and a sleuth by circumstance, becomes embroiled in a vicious world under a gilded surface, where nothing is quite what it seems . . . including Ro himself.Ā Death in the AirĀ is a brilliant, teasing mystery from a remarkable new talent.
