Rating: 4 out of 5.

This is the third book in the Temple Hill Mystery series but can be read as a stand alone. The book features mystery novelist Radhi Zaveri, who has helped the police with previous cases. She has a new short-term job teaching spoiled kids at Mumbai’s prestigious North Star High School. A cantankerous English teacher is found dead at the school and initially the police rule it as natural causes, but Radhi isn’t so sure.

I enjoyed learning more about daily life in Mumbai, particularly reading about the different foods and traditions of the area. Radhi is going through a rough time after the end of her marriage and move back to India from the U.S. It also doesn’t help that her first love, who is married with children in the school, keeps showing up. I enjoyed Radhi’s relationship with the children and how she doesn’t let the police’s reluctance to accept her help stop her from investigating the teacher’s death and finding out the truth.

I received a complimentary copy of this book from Zooloos Book Tours. All opinions are my own.

Blurb

Mystery novelist Radhi Zaveri has a new job, teaching spoiled kids at Mumbai’s prestigious North Star High School.

But, little does she suspect, things are about to veer wildly off-syllabus . . .

When fiery teacher Ms Venus is found slumped across her desk, the school insist she died of natural causes.

But Radhi’s not convinced. The Ms Venus she knew was in rude health, quite literally, stirring up drama and discord at every turn.

What if someone — a disgruntled parent, a disgraced ‘D’ student — decided to silence her acid tongue for good?

And the last person to clash with Ms Venus is mysteriously missing . . .

Can Radhi piece it all together — before the killer’s ruthless red pen strikes again?

Meet the Author

🎉 Meeti Shroff-Shah 🎉

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Meeti is an award-winning copywriter, content writer and mother (though no awards for this yet). When she isn’t busy writing ads that make toothpaste sound like an aphrodisiac, Meeti can be found with a cup of ginger tea, gazing contently at the yellow gulmohars outside her window and plotting the murder of perfectly innocent people.

In 2016, Pan Macmillan India published her memoir, Do You Know Any Good Boys? – a funny guide to the Indian arranged marriage – based on the awkward arranged dates she had with 40 different men, before she met her husband.

Meeti lives with her daughter and husband (yes, the same one she took such pains to find) in Mumbai.