He has a way about him when it comes to nicknames, managing his big team of operatives and dealing with the complications of a mother who thinks she's a bit of a detective in her own right. Dedicated to his profession of Private Detective, he is not a man given to doubts about his own ability. Not just physically, Puri is a man who also dominates his world with a larger than life personality. What's so much fun about these books is the larger than life character of Puri. Needless to say, THE CASE OF THE MISSING SERVANT is a little bit cosy, a little bit Sub-Continental Poirot, a little bit Food Crime, and big bit of good fun. I do love these titles though, particularly as they really suit the somewhat old-worldly environment of Vish Puri's India. The earlier comment because something odd seems to be going on - Shamini Flint's books aren't strictly cosy but the covers are, whereas the covers for the paperbacks of this series don't exactly scream funny.
The latter for the sort of books that describe food that would make you care less about the surrounding crime wave - something THE CASE OF THE MISSING SERVANT specialises in. Two initial observations - book covers, especially for some reason, I've noticed, when the books are Sub-Continent or Asian based, can't be trusted and we need a new genre - something along the lines of Food Crime Porn.
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