Smoke and ashes a novel
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...
| Main Author: | Mukherjee, Abir (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Pegasus Books,
2019.
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| Edition: | First Pegasus Books hardcover edition. |
| Series: |
Captain Sam Wyndham mystery series ;
3. |
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| Summary: |
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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| Physical Description: |
332 pages ; 24 cm |
| ISBN: |
9781643130149 1643130145 |
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