Vivid and brutal Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month
Abir Mukherjee is doing something uniquely different in the crime genre...breathtaking Peter May, Sunday Times bestseller, on The Shadows of Men
Calcutta, 1923. 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?
An engaging, evocative thriller that captures the heat of Indian nights and heady days of a bygone era, without being sentimental or simplistic Janice Hallett, bestselling author of The Appeal
The Shadows of Men finds the always reliable Crime Writers Association Dagger Award-winner Abir Mukherjee on fine form Financial Times
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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
About the Author
Abir Mukherjee is the bestselling author of the award-winning Wyndham && Banerjee series of crime novels set in 1920s Colonial India. He is a two-time winner of the CWA Historical Dagger and has won the Wilbur Smith Award for Adventure Writing. His books have also been shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger and the HWA Gold Crown. His novels, A Rising Man and Smoke and Ashes were both selected as Waterstones Thriller of the Month. Smoke and Ashes was also chosen as one of The Times Best Crime and Thriller novels since 1945. Abir grew up in Scotland and now lives in Surrey with his wife and two sons.
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