A Good Indian Wife is a mystery novel by author Anne Cherian. The book tells the handsome Anesthesiologist Neel that he can resist his family’s pleas that he marry an Indian girl. With a girlfriend and career in San Francisco, Neel needs an arranged marriage. His bride is Leila, a 30-year-old teacher coming with complications of her own. They struggle to reconcile their desires in the story of two people, two countries, and two ways of life who may be more compatible than they thought.