Smoke and Ashes

Wyndham and Banerjee Book 3

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<p><b>** A <i>THE SUNDAY TIMES</i> 100 BEST CRIME NOVELS SINCE 1945**</b><br><b><br>HUNTED, Abir Mukherjee's explosive contemporary thriller, is available NOW</b><br><br><b>'<i>Smoke and Ashes</i> is Abir Mukherjee's best book yet; a brilliantly conceived murder mystery set amidst political and social turmoil - beautifully crafted' C.J. Sansom</b><br><br><b><i>India, 1921</i>. Captain Sam Wyndham is battling a serious addiction to opium that he must keep secret from his superiors in the Calcutta police force.</b><br><br>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.<br><br>However, revealing his presence in the opium den could cost him his career.<br><br>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...<br><br><b>SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 CWA SAPERE HISTORICAL DAGGER</b><br><b>SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 HWA GOLD CROWN</b><br><b>LONGLISTED FOR THE 2019 CWA GOLD DAGGER</b><br><br><b>Praise for the Wyndham and Banerjee series:</b><br><br><b>'It is the flamboyant evocation of Calcutta that makes this such a mesmerising read' </b><i><b>Guardian</b></i><br><br><b>'A thought-provoking rollercoaster' Ian Rankin</b><br><br><b>'Cracking... A journey into the dark underbelly of the British Raj' </b><i><b>Daily Express</b></i><br><br><b>If you enjoyed <i>Smoke and Ashes </i> further books in the Wyndham and Banerjee series are available now:</b><br><br><b><i>A Rising Man</i></b><br><b><i>A Necessary Evil</i></b><br><b><i>Death in the East </i></b><br><b><i>The Shadows of Men</i></b></p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781784704780

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

195 x 126 x 27 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2019

Verlag / Hersteller

Random House UK Ltd