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  • By: Abir Mukherjee
  • Narrated by: Simon Bubb
  • Length: 11 hrs and 40 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (48 ratings)

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The winner of the Harvill Secker/Daily Telegraph crime writing competition.

Captain Sam Wyndham, former Scotland Yard detective, is a new arrival to Calcutta. Desperately seeking a fresh start after his experiences during the Great War, Wyndham has been recruited to head up a new post in the police force. But with barely a moment to acclimatise to his new life or to deal with the ghosts which still haunt him, Wyndham is caught up in a murder investigation that will take him into the dark underbelly of the British Raj.

A senior official has been murdered, and a note left in his mouth warns the British to quit India - or else. With rising political dissent and the stability of the Raj under threat, Wyndham and his two new colleagues - arrogant Inspector Digby and British-educated but Indian-born Sergeant Banerjee, one of the few Indians to be recruited into the new CID - embark on an investigation that will take them from the luxurious parlours of wealthy British traders to the seedy opium dens of the city. The start of an atmospheric and enticing new historical crime series.

©2016 Abir Mukherjee (P)2016 Random House Audiobooks

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Fabulous detective yarn set in 1919 Calcutta

Loved the characters and setting. I hope this will be the first in a series.

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Snarky postcolonial murder mystery

Just my cup of tea. A decent murder mystery with an exquisite backdrop - challenging many of the myths of colonialism and exposing the uncomfortable realities and injustice of this usually very romanticised time.

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A rising novelist

Great setting and characters I would like to get to know over the series. The detective narrator is supposed to be a first-timer in India but effortlessly spouts its history, place names, complex social structures? However can’t pick the murder despite Very Large Hints? Still I hear the writing improves…

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loved the historical Indian setting

unlike Captain Wyndam keeping opium as a mistress I was slave to hearing this book.

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