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**From the champion of the 2017 CWA Historical Dagger Award and the 2018 Wilbur Smith Award**

Calcutta law enforcement detective Captain Sam Wyndham and his quick-witted Indian Sergeant, Surrender-not Banerjee, are back again for another rip-roaring experience set in 1920s India.

1905, London. As a constable, Sam Wyndham is usually on his typical East London defeat when he comes across an old flame, Bessie Drummond, attacked in the streets. The very next day, when Bessie is available brutally about Death in the East beaten in her personal area, locked from the within, Wyndham promises to get to underneath of her murder. However the case will cost the youthful constable more than he ever truly imagined.

1922, India. Leaving Calcutta, Captain Sam Wyndham minds for the hillsides of Assam, to the ashram of the sainted monk where he expectations to overcome his opium obsession. However when he occurs, he sees a ghost from his existence in London – a guy regarded as long dead, a guy Wyndham hoped he would never see once again.

Wyndham knows he must call his friend and colleague Sergeant Banerjee for help. He is certain this figure from his past isn’t here by coincidence. He is right here for revenge .

Praise for the Sam Wyndham series:

‘A thought-provoking rollercoaster’ Ian Rankin

‘Confirms Abir Mukherjee being a rising star of historic crime fiction’ THE DAYS

‘Breaking… A journey in to the dark underbelly of the British Raj’ Daily Express

‘A brilliantly conceived murder mystery set amidst political and sociable turmoil – superbly crafted’ C. J. Sansom