Smoke and Ashes - Wyndham and Banerjee

**From the winner of the 2017 CWA Historical Dagger Award**'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'It is the flamboyant evocation of Calcutta that makes this such a mesmerising read'GuardianIndia, 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...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Abir Mukherjee, Mukherjee Abir
• Editore: Vintage UK
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 06.06.2019
• EAN: 9781784704780
• ISBN: 978-1-78470-478-0
• Pagine: 352
• Dimensioni: 129 mm x 198 mm x 21 mm
• Serie: Sam Wyndham; Sam Wyndham; Wyndham and Banerjee series; Sam Wyndham / Wyndham and Banerjee series
• Categorie: Narrativa > Gialli > Polizieschi, thriller, spionaggio; FICTION / Historical / General, Historical fiction, India, Narrative theme: Social issues, c 1920 to c 1929, c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period)