Interesting for the culture and the characters. It's definitely in the same family as cozy mystery but set in India. The family of characters, I especially liked the lead character's mother, a woman after my own heart, is fun to discover even if the lead character is a bit too pompous and full of himself for my taste. The plot was a bit too long to unravel and in the end I didn't really 'care' who did it but still I'm curious to see the next title in the series.