I saw this novel, the first of a series, recommended recently in the New York Times in a feature on cozy mysteries. Cozies aren’t my favorites, but as long as the mystery itself is well-constructed, I can enjoy them just fine. Sadly, this is not the case with The Bangalore Detectives Club, a frankly amateurish effort in which the mystery is a transparent afterthought. Now, I don’t mind authors using genre fiction, especially detective novels, as a vehicle for social commentary, but there are two […]