What am I doing here? The question struck Nikki as the awning rattled with the thrum of rainfall. Even if she knocked on the door and Kulwinder answered it, what were her chances that Kulwinder would calmly return the stories? The pages didn’t really matter. The women could retell them. There were recordings. What Nikki wanted to do was talk to Kulwinder. Explain how the stories came about. Compel her to see that these women who had started one quiet rebellion could come together to fight a bigger injustice. Her heart and mind were still racing from her discovery about Jaggi’s handwriting. She
...more
This exposition is descriptive of the strange part that Nikki is playing in the murder mystery, also the murder mystery in the whole plot. It wasn't enough for this story to be about changing social norms and expectations for older women, but the addition of murder mystery doesn't feel necessary or smooth.
