Calcutta police detective Captain Sam Wyndham and his quick-witted Indian Sergeant, surrender-not Banerjee, are back for another rip-roaring adventure set in 1920s India. 1905, London.
**from the winner of the 2017 CWA historical Dagger Award and the 2018 Wilbur Smith Award*
Abir Mukherjee is the bestselling author of the Wyndham & Banerjee series of crime novels set in Raj-era India. His debut, A Rising Man, won the CWA Endeavour Dagger for best historical crime novel of 2017, was shortlisted for the MWA Edgar for best novel, was a Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month, and Waterstones Thriller of the Month. His second novel, A Necessary Evil, won the Wilbur Smith Award for Adventure Writing, was shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for best crime novel of 2018, and was featured on ITV as a Zoe Ball Book Club pick. His third novel, Smoke and Ashes, is out now. Abir grew up in Scotland and lives in London with his wife and two sons.
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"A skilfully blended dual narrative: twice the intrigue, twice the fun. Mukherjee is at the top of his game" (Mick Herron, award-winning author of London Blues)
"My favourite historical crime series by far. The dark days of the British Raj are so vividly painted. Utterly magnificent" (MW Craven, author of The Puppet Show)
"The gloriously atmospheric Death in the East is his [Mukherjee’s] best book so far, a cracking read" (Jackie McGlone Scotsman)
"Death in the East is an outstanding work of historical fiction that brings characters and their imagined histories to life like no other writer." (Imran Mahmood, author of You Don't Know Me)
"Mukherjee’s style is elegantly conversational, his research is convincing and one of his murder methods is ingenious" (Natasha Cooper Literary Review)
