Over the past couple of months, I've read a few books that I didn't get a chance to review yet. These were all enjoyable in different ways and are recommended reads. A Will to Kill by R. V. Raman I've been looking for an Indian mystery for a while now. So when I came across A Will to Kill in Netgalley set in one of my favorite places in India (also close to my home town), I just had to request it. In so many ways, this is a typical Agatha Christie type mystery - there's a death (in an isolated mansion, no less) and the investigator/detective tries to solve the mystery. Harith Athreya is visiting the owner of the mansion, Bhaskar Fernandez, where a small gathering has been planned for the owner's relatives and friends. Bhaskar has written two wills - and how he dies will determine which will goes into effect. That night, there is a murder and Athreya spends the next few days trying to find the culprit. I generally enjoy the Agatha Christie class of murder mysteries.

I love doing this meme every week. Among the many books that sneakily jump into my TBR every week, I try to feature the ones that really caught my eye. In a way, it's like choosing a weekly top three. I wonder how many of these books I would rate high after reading. But considering that most, if not all, are recommendations, I would guess, many.

I recently came across this book in Wendy's blog. She had reviewed it last year, but I'm just seeing it.
When sixteen-year-old Nouf goes missing and is found drowned in the
desert outside Jeddah, Nayira, the desert guide hired by her prominent
family to search for her, feels compelled to find out what really
happened.
Gentle, hulking, conscientious Nayir soon finds himself delving into the interior life of a wealthy, protected teenage girl in one of the most rigidly segregated of Middle Eastern societies. To gain access to the world of women, Nayir realizes he will have to join forces with Katya Hijazi, a lab technician at the coroner's office and the fiancée of Nouf's brother. In the course of working with Katya and uncovering the mysteries of the dead girl's mind, Nayir must confront his own desire for female companionship and the limitations imposed by his beliefs.
Operation Mincemeat by
Ben MacIntyre
I hadn't heard of Operation Mincemeat (the real operation not the book) before. It definitely seems an interesting tactic to use, with an complete conniving feel to it. Using a dead body to divert the Nazis into a different battlefield, during World War 2, allowed the Allied armies to invade Sicily.

I believe I have come across this book previously, but for some reason, was hooked by it only last week. A friend of mine in Goodreads recommended this book, and its synopsis does sound very promising.
When Kimberly Chang and her mother emigrate from Hong Kong to Brooklyn
squalor, she quickly begins a secret double life: exceptional schoolgirl
during the day, Chinatown sweatshop worker in the evenings. Disguising
the more difficult truths of her life-like the staggering degree of her
poverty, the weight of her family's future resting on her shoulders, or
her secret love for a factory boy who shares none of her talent or
ambition-Kimberly learns to constantly translate not just her language
but herself back and forth between the worlds she straddles.
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Comments
My finds are here.
definitely seems like it could be :)
I've been seeing The Girl In Translation all over the place...and I am always drawn to that cover!!