Pirate Vishnu
by Gigi Pandian
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Don't miss the award-winning second book in the Jaya Jones Treasure Hunt Mystery series!
A century-old treasure map of San Francisco's Barbary Coast. Sacred riches from India. Two murders, one hundred years apart. And a love triangle... Historian Jaya Jones has her work cut out for her.
1906. Shortly before the Great San Francisco Earthquake, Pirate Vishnu strikes the San Francisco Bay. An ancestor of Jaya's who came to the U.S. from India draws a treasure map...
Present Day. Over a century later, the cryptic treasure map remains undeciphered. From San Francisco to the southern tip of India, Jaya pieces together her ancestor's secrets, maneuvers a complicated love life she didn't count on, and puts herself in the path of a killer to restore a revered treasure.
The Jaya Jones Treasure Hunt Mysteries series so far:
- Artifact (Book 1)
- Pirate Vishnu (Book 2)
- Quicksand (Book 3)
- Michelangelo's Ghost (Book 4)
- The Ninja's Illusion (Book 5)
- The Glass Thief (Book 6)
- The Cambodian Curse & Other Stories (Locked Room Mystery Collection)
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9781938213267
- Binding
- Paperback
- Authors
- Gigi Pandian
- Publisher
- Gargoyle Girl Productions
- Published Date
- April 22, 2023
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 314
- Physical Info
- 8.5 in L x 5.5 in W (0.8 lb)
I love Jaya Jones. She's intelligent, quick-witted, sassy with a lovesick best friend and a hunky male love interest! I hope this series goes on for a very long time. The author does an excellent job with the researching locations and histories of those locations. The books are so well-written that is very difficult putting them down. I recommend them to all of my friends. They're not cosies, they're mysteries. Very well detailed and written. I can't wait to see where Gigi takes us next. I'm definitely a huge fan.
I LOVE these books by Gigi Pandian! This one is a lost treasure mystery with a murder thrown in for good measure. Jaya, her friend Sanjay, and her on-again, off-again boyfriend Lane are a wonderful triangle that keeps the reader guessing and the adventure going!
Following up on "Artifact", "Pirate Vishnu" picks up only a week after the end of the previous book. This time the theme of Indian history come to the forefront through Jaya's family with the expected twists and turns to the story. The jumps back and forth in time are clear and interesting while providing some necessary background to the mystery. Jaya is ingenious in her solution, but the necessary clue only show up at the very end of the book (for both Jaya and the reader - no cheating here). It's a quick and interesting read and a nice follow-up to "Artifact"!
The second in the series finds us like a week after the first. Lane is lying low after the media attention. Jaya is trying to finish her paper but reporters have been bugging her. When a man comes to her office and shows her a treasure map, she assumes it is because of the paper but no it is a family connection. Her great great uncle is a bit of a family legend, he got involved in the early days of Indian nationalism and then forged his own path around the world before dying trying to save his friend in the Great Earthquake. This man though says he was a thief and a murderer and he has this map he drew and other family papers to prove it. Jaya feels she must find the truth and Lane has disappeared and so her librarian friend and idiot colleague help along with Sanjay. Oh and of course the map giver dies that very evening and then she gets mugged for the map. Didn't expect the killer for the killing, but had realized the motive. Learned lots about India
I like this author. This particular book had a lack of believability during the India sections. Who, unless you are Flush, books a flight to India, and just pops over there? Much less, a bunch of characters all popping up there. I wish the romantic relationship wasn't so weird as well. However, the stories are always fun.
