**WINNER OF THE CWA ENDEAVOUR HISTORICAL DAGGER **<\/b>
‘An exceptional historical crime novel’ C.J. Sansom<\/b><\/p>\n
India, 1919.<\/i> Desperate for a fresh start, Captain Sam Wyndham arrives to take up an important post in Calcutta’s police force.<\/b><\/p>\n
He is soon called to the scene of a horrifying murder. The victim was a senior official, and a note left in his mouth warns the British to leave India – or else.<\/p>\n
With the stability of the Empire under threat, Wyndham and Sergeant ‘Surrender-not’ Banerjee must solve the case quickly. But there are some who will do anything to stop them…<\/p>\n
**A THE TIMES\/SUNDAY TIMES<\/i> CRIME CLUB TOP 40 BOOK OF LAST FIVE YEARS**<\/b>
Praise for the Wyndham and Banerjee series :<\/b><\/p>\n
‘A thought-provoking rollercoaster’ Ian Rankin
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‘Does for the Raj what Philip Kerr did for the Reich’ The<\/i> Times\/Sunday Times Crime Club<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
‘Highly entertaining<\/b>‘ Daily Telegraph<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
If you enjoyed A Rising Man<\/i>, further books in the Wyndham and Banerjee series are available now:<\/b>
A Necessary Evil<\/i><\/b>
Smoke and Ashes<\/i><\/b>
Death in the East <\/i><\/b>
The Shadows of Men<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
India, 1919. 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[406],"product_tag":[26816,69],"class_list":["post-104387","product","type-product","status-publish","product_cat-crime-thrillers","product_tag-crime-mystery-fiction","product_tag-historical-fiction","pa_book_author-mukherjee-abir","pa_cover-paperback","pa_dewey-823-92-edition23","pa_edition-1st-paperback-ed","pa_imprint-vintage","pa_language-english","pa_pages-8483","pa_publisher-vintage","pa_readership-general-trade-code-k","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\n