In “Indian Country,” Shobha Rao set out to accomplish more than just a conventionally satisfying murder mystery. Interrupting the plot’s progression are 12 lyrical interludes that take place between 1814 and 2003 and share an underlying preoccupation with the slippery nature of time, with colonial violence and crimes against women and girls recurring across eras. Read my review of the book in The New York Times, “The Perp in This Murder Mystery Might Be History Itself.”