Smoke and Ashes

A Mystery Novel by Abir Mukherjee

Book 3 of the Wyndham & Banerjee Mysteries Series

Subgenres:

Historical Mystery,
1920s Calcutta,
Police Procedural

Published 2019

Length 335 pages

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Historical mysteries set in 1920s Calcutta
Detectives hiding dangerous secrets while solving crimes
Investigations complicated by addiction and unreliable memories

Publisher Description

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.

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