Smoke and Ashes

By Abir Mukherjee

Book Overview

Captain Sam Wyndham and his sidekick Surrender-Not Banerjee return in this prize-winning historical crime series set in 1920s Calcutta.

India, 1921. Haunted by his memories of World War I, Captain Sam Wyndham is battling a serious addiction to opium that he must keep secret from his superiors in the Calcutta police force.

When Sam is summoned to investigate a grisly murder, he is stunned at the sight of the body: he's seen this before. Last night, in a drug addled haze, he stumbled across a corpse with the same ritualistic injuries. It seems like there's a deranged killer on the loose. Unfortunately for Sam, the corpse was in an opium den--and revealing his presence there could cost him his career.

With the aid of his quick-witted Indian Sergeant, Surrender-Not Banerjee, Sam must try to solve the two murders, all the while keeping his personal demons secret, before somebody else turns up dead.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1643130145
• ISBN13: 9781643130149
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Pegasus Crime
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.2" x 9.1"