*Sunday Times<\/i> <\/b>Crime Book of the Month*<\/b>
**A ‘Book of the Year’ pick in The Times<\/i>**<\/b><\/p>\n
‘Abir Mukherjee is doing something uniquely different in the crime genre…breathtaking’ Peter May, <\/b>Sunday Times<\/i> bestseller, on <\/b>The Shadows of Men<\/i><\/p>\n
Calcutta, 1923. <\/b>When a Hindu theologian is found murdered in his home, the city is on the brink of all-out religious war. Can officers of the Imperial Police Force, Captain Sam Wyndham and Sergeant Surendranath Banerjee track down those responsible in time to stop a bloodbath? <\/p>\n
Set at a time of heightened political tension, beginning in atmospheric Calcutta and taking the detectives all the way to bustling Bombay, the latest instalment in this ‘unmissable’ (The Times) <\/i>series presents Wyndham and Banerjee with an unprecedented challenge. Will this be the case that finally drives them apart?<\/p>\n
‘An engaging, evocative thriller that captures the heat of Indian nights and heady days of a bygone era, without being sentimental or simplistic’ Janice Hallett, bestselling author of The Appeal<\/i><\/b>
‘<\/b>The Shadows of Men<\/i><\/b> finds the always reliable Crime Writers’ Association Dagger Award-winner <\/b>Abir<\/b> Mukherjee on fine form<\/b>‘ Financial Times<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
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PRAISE FOR THE WYNDHAM AND BANERJEE SERIES<\/u><\/b>
‘An exceptional historical crime novel’ <\/b>C.J. Sansom<\/p>\n
‘A thought-provoking rollercoaster’ <\/b>Ian Rankin<\/p>\n
‘Cracking… A journey into the dark underbelly of the British Raj’ <\/b>Daily Express
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