Calcutta, 1919. Captain Sam Wyndham, a former Scotland Yard detective new to India, is confronted with a highly charged case- a senior British official has been found murdered, in his mouth a note warning the British to quit India, or else...
Abir Mukherjee grew up in the west of Scotland. At the age of fifteen, his best friend made him read Gorky Park and he?s been a fan of crime fiction ever since. The child of immigrants from India, A Rising Man, his debut novel, was inspired by a desire to learn more about a crucial period in Anglo-Indian history that seems to have been almost forgotten. It won the Harvill Secker/Daily Telegraph crime writing competition and became the first in a series starring Captain Sam Wyndham and 'Surrender-not? Banerjee. Abir lives in London with his wife and two sons.
A joy to read
*Susan Hill*
A journey into the dark underbelly of the British Raj... a cracking
debut
*Daily Express*
Splendid...Captain Sam Wyndham is a winning creation
*The Times, Crime Book of the Month*
[A] terrific first novel...Mukherjee’s descriptions of Calcutta
under the Raj are vivid, while Wyndham’s position as a newcomer
with fresh eyes works brilliantly
*Sunday Times, Crime Book of the Month*
Enthralling... The investigation sends Wyndham and his Bengali
assistant on a whirlwind circuit of the city
*New York Times Book Review*
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