Out of Order 12+

🔖 At 27, Jason Talley of Corning, New York, leads an orderly life, processing loans for a mortgage company. Its warmest spot is his friendship with Sriram Sundaram and his lively wife Vidya. One night Sriram secretly confides he's planning a trip home to India to visit his mother and asks Jason to hold her gift, a gorgeous red silk sari. The very next evening Jason arrives home to sirens and cops-Sriram and Vidya are dead. The cops call it a murder/suicide. Grieving, Jason decides to fulfill Sriram's quest and books himself a trip to India. There's a gorgeous young train buff named Rachel on the tour, and before he knows it, Jason has cast aside all semblance of order and embarked with her on a perilous journey. Compulsive traveler, occasional scuba diver, and incurable beginner saxophonist Charles Benoit has worked in education and advertising. He and his wife, Rose, live in upstate New York. Out of Order is his second novel, following the Edgar- and Barry-nominated Relative Danger. www.CharlesBenoit.com