Mostly Murders

One thing was crystal clear: the dull and sleepy smalltown had just become a whole lot more interesting.

Book 1 in the A Sri Lankan Mystery series.

When Kiyama Fernando discovers that her husband is cheating on her, she leaves her modern, westernised big city life in Colombo behind and seeks refuge with her friend Vinodhini Dias who runs a rubber plantation in the Sri Lanka countryside. But when a local teacher, Priyanka Sir, is found dead in a paddy field, Vinodhini becomes a suspect, and Kiyama decides that the best way to prove her friends’ innocence, is for the two of them to find out who the true murderer is.

The Body in the Paddy Field is a cozy mystery set in Sri Lanka. Kiyama is a fish out of water in the countryside, having to deal with nosy villagers, old-fashioned conventions, impractical sarees and badly maintained roads, as well as a murder investigation that becomes more and more dangerous the closer Kiyama and Vinodhini come to the truth of what happened to Priyanka Sir.

At 168 pages, this is a quick read and an entertaining mystery, perfect for readers who are looking for an exotic setting with female sleuths navigating friendship, the differences between big city life and rural living, new beginnings and old secrets.

Cozy mystery