Format | Hardcover |
Publication Date | 11/04/25 |
ISBN | 9781639369850 |
Trim Size / Pages | 6 x 9 in / 400 |
Award-winning crime novelist Abir Mukherjee returns to his brilliant mystery series set in late-1920s Calcutta, as Sam Wyndham and Surendranath Banerjee must reunite to solve a high profile murder and disappearance.
In The Burning Ghats of Calcutta, where the dead are laid to rest, a man is found murdered, his throat cut from ear to ear.
The body is that of a popular philanthropist and patron of the arts. A man, who was, by all accounts, beloved by all. So what could possibly be the motive for murder? Though out of favour with the Imperial Police Force, Detective Sam Wyndham is assigned to the case, and finds himself thrust into the glamorous world of cinema when his investigation leads him to a film the victim was funding.
Meanwhile Sam's former colleague, Surendranath Banerjee, recently returned from Europe after three years running from the fallout of his last case, is searching for a vanished photographer, one of the first women in the profession. When he discovers the missing woman is somehow linked to Sam's murder investigation, the two men are forced to work together once again—but will Wyndham and Banerjee be able to put their differences aside to solve the case?
Abir Mukherjee has spent the last twenty years working in finance.A Rising Man, his debut novel, won the Harvill Secker/Daily Telegraph crime writing competition and is the first in a new series starring Captain Sam Wyndham and ‘Surrender-Not' Banerjee. Abir is married with two small children and lives in London.
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Praise for the Wyndham & Banerjee Mystery series:
"A thought-provoking rollercoaster."
Ian Rankin
"Enthralling." The New York Times Book Review
“Mukherjee’s ongoing series is one of the most exciting things happening in the crime fiction world… Mukherjee provides another exhilarating and erudite story.”
Crime Reads
"A brilliantly conceived murder mystery set amidst political and social turmoil. Beautifully crafted." C. J. Sansom, New York Times bestselling author
"Mukherjee, who only gets better and better with each book, has established himself as a leading historical mystery writer."
Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"The flamboyant evocation of 1920s Calcutta make this a mesmerising read." The Guardian
"A phenomenal historical mystery. Thrilling and evocative, darkly funny and surprisingly touching. Mukherjee’s prose is so sharp that the setting feels immediate and vital.”
Criminal Element