A THE SUNDAY TIMES 100 BEST CRIME NOVELS AND THRILLERS SINCE 1945
HUNTED, Abir Mukherjee's explosive contemporary thriller, is available NOW
WINNER OF THE CWA ENDEAVOUR HISTORICAL DAGGER
'An exceptional historical crime novel' C. J. Sansom
India, 1919. Desperate for a fresh start, Captain Sam Wyndham arrives to take up an important post in Calcutta's police force.
He is soon called to the scene of a horrifying murder. The victim was a senior official, and a note left in his mouth warns the British to leave India - or else.
With the stability of the Empire under threat, Wyndham and Sergeant 'Surrender-not' Banerjee must solve the case quickly. But there are some who will do anything to stop them. . .
A THE TIMES/SUNDAY TIMES CRIME CLUB TOP 40 BOOK OF LAST FIVE YEARS
Praise for the Wyndham and Banerjee series :
'A thought-provoking rollercoaster' Ian Rankin
'Does for the Raj what Philip Kerr did for the Reich' The Times/Sunday Times Crime Club
'Highly entertaining' Daily Telegraph
If you enjoyed A Rising Man, further books in the Wyndham and Banerjee series are available now:
A Necessary Evil
Smoke and Ashes
Death in the East
The Shadows of Men
HUNTED, Abir Mukherjee's explosive contemporary thriller, is available NOW
WINNER OF THE CWA ENDEAVOUR HISTORICAL DAGGER
'An exceptional historical crime novel' C. J. Sansom
India, 1919. Desperate for a fresh start, Captain Sam Wyndham arrives to take up an important post in Calcutta's police force.
He is soon called to the scene of a horrifying murder. The victim was a senior official, and a note left in his mouth warns the British to leave India - or else.
With the stability of the Empire under threat, Wyndham and Sergeant 'Surrender-not' Banerjee must solve the case quickly. But there are some who will do anything to stop them. . .
A THE TIMES/SUNDAY TIMES CRIME CLUB TOP 40 BOOK OF LAST FIVE YEARS
Praise for the Wyndham and Banerjee series :
'A thought-provoking rollercoaster' Ian Rankin
'Does for the Raj what Philip Kerr did for the Reich' The Times/Sunday Times Crime Club
'Highly entertaining' Daily Telegraph
If you enjoyed A Rising Man, further books in the Wyndham and Banerjee series are available now:
A Necessary Evil
Smoke and Ashes
Death in the East
The Shadows of Men
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** A THE SUNDAY TIMES 100 BEST CRIME NOVELS AND THRILLERS SINCE 1945**
'An engaging, evocative thriller' JANICE HALLETT
'Breathtaking' PETER MAY
Calcutta, 1923. As the city teeters on the edge of violence, a murder forces Detectives Wyndham and Banerjee into the case that could tear them apart.
When a Hindu theologian is found murdered in his home, the city is on the brink of all-out religious war. Can officers of the Imperial Police Force, Captain Sam Wyndham and Sergeant Surendranath Banerjee track down those responsible in time to stop a bloodbath?
Set at a time of heightened political tension, beginning in atmospheric Calcutta and taking the detectives all the way to bustling Bombay, the latest instalment in this 'unmissable' (The Times) series presents Wyndham and Banerjee with an unprecedented challenge. Will this be the case that finally drives them apart?
'The Shadows of Men finds the always reliable Crime Writers' Association Dagger Award-winner Abir Mukherjee on fine form' Financial Times
PRAISE FOR THE WYNDHAM AND BANERJEE SERIES
'An exceptional historical crime novel' C. J. Sansom
'A thought-provoking rollercoaster' Ian Rankin
'Cracking. . . A journey into the dark underbelly of the British Raj' Daily Express
HUNTED, Abir Mukherjee's explosive contemporary thriller, is available NOW