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2020 Edgar Award for Best Novel (nominee)
2020 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year (shortlist)
2019 CWA Historical Dagger (shortlist)
2019 HWA Gold Crown Award (shortlist)
** A THE SUNDAY TIMES BEST 100 BEST CRIME NOVELS SINCE 1945**
'Smoke and Ashes is Abir Mukherjee's best book yet; a brilliantly conceived murder mystery set amidst political and social turmoil - beautifully crafted' C.J. Sansom
India, 1921. Captain Sam Wyndham is battling a serious addiction to opium that he must keep secret from his superiors in the Calcutta police force.
But Wyndham finds himself in a tight spot when he stumbles across a corpse in an opium den. When he then comes across a second body bearing the same injuries, Wyndham is convinced that there's a deranged killer on the loose.
However, revealing his presence in the opium den could cost him his career.
As Wyndham and Sergeant 'Surrender-not' Banerjee set out to solve the two murders, Wyndham must tread carefully, keeping his personal demons secret, before someone else turns up dead...
*HUNTED, THE BLOCKBUSTER CONTEMPORARY THRILLER BY ABIR MUKHERJEE, IS AVAILABLE TO PREORDER NOW*
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 CWA SAPERE HISTORICAL DAGGER
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 HWA GOLD CROWN
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2019 CWA GOLD DAGGER
Praise for the Wyndham and Banerjee series:
'It is the flamboyant evocation of Calcutta that makes this such a mesmerising read' Guardian
'A thought-provoking rollercoaster' Ian Rankin
'Cracking... A journey into the dark underbelly of the British Raj' Daily Express
If you enjoyed Smoke and Ashes further books in the Wyndham and Banerjee series are available now:
A Rising Man
A Necessary Evil
Death in the East
The Shadows of Men
Genre: Historical Mystery
'Smoke and Ashes is Abir Mukherjee's best book yet; a brilliantly conceived murder mystery set amidst political and social turmoil - beautifully crafted' C.J. Sansom
India, 1921. Captain Sam Wyndham is battling a serious addiction to opium that he must keep secret from his superiors in the Calcutta police force.
But Wyndham finds himself in a tight spot when he stumbles across a corpse in an opium den. When he then comes across a second body bearing the same injuries, Wyndham is convinced that there's a deranged killer on the loose.
However, revealing his presence in the opium den could cost him his career.
As Wyndham and Sergeant 'Surrender-not' Banerjee set out to solve the two murders, Wyndham must tread carefully, keeping his personal demons secret, before someone else turns up dead...
*HUNTED, THE BLOCKBUSTER CONTEMPORARY THRILLER BY ABIR MUKHERJEE, IS AVAILABLE TO PREORDER NOW*
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 CWA SAPERE HISTORICAL DAGGER
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 HWA GOLD CROWN
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2019 CWA GOLD DAGGER
Praise for the Wyndham and Banerjee series:
'It is the flamboyant evocation of Calcutta that makes this such a mesmerising read' Guardian
'A thought-provoking rollercoaster' Ian Rankin
'Cracking... A journey into the dark underbelly of the British Raj' Daily Express
If you enjoyed Smoke and Ashes further books in the Wyndham and Banerjee series are available now:
A Rising Man
A Necessary Evil
Death in the East
The Shadows of Men
Genre: Historical Mystery
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