Ashram Assassin

The Paperback Sleuth

Humorous cozy-crime caper in which a feisty, amoral book dealer uses her unique skills to catch a murderer, desperate to hide the secrets kept by the yoga-obsessed staff and students of a West London ashram.

When a set of rare, impossible-to-find yoga books are stolen from a West London ashram, its leaders turn to Cordelia, the paperback sleuth, to recover them—a set-up that's a little awkward as they've previously barred her from yoga classes for selling marijuana to their students. But what begins as a hunt for missing paperbacks soon becomes a murder investigation as those involved with the ashram can't seem to stop dropping down dead—murdered with a whisky bottle to the head or a poisoned curry. Can Cordelia work out who the killer is and bring them to justice before they bring an end to her sleuthing for good.

©2025 Andrew Cartmel (P)2024 W. F. Howes Ltd

A fun addition to the Andrew Cartmel books

At first I was dubious about this new ... "heroine" is stretching the meaning of the word - from Andrew Cartmel, but she does grow on you. A little more, in this book, as she is a bit less amoral than in her first appearance. However, clever story and characters, and an engaging plot and a cast of funky weirdos that you can have fun with.

So drawn out

Very boring read. I couldn’t wait for it to be over. I didn’t like the story.