A Rising Man

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The winner of the Harvill Secker/Daily Telegraph crime writing competition

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. With rising political dissent and the stability of the Raj under threat, Wyndham and his two new colleagues – arrogant Inspector Digby and British-educated, but Indian-born Sergeant Banerjee, one of the few Indians to be recruited into the new CID – embark on an investigation that will take them from the luxurious parlours of wealthy British traders to the seedy opium dens of the city.

The start of an atmospheric and enticing new historical crime series.

Critics Review

A joy to read
Susan Hill
A journey into the dark underbelly of the British Raj... a cracking debut
Daily Express
Splendid...Captain Sam Wyndham is a winning creation
The Times, Crime Book of the Month
[A] terrific first novel...Mukherjee’s descriptions of Calcutta under the Raj are vivid, while Wyndham’s position as a newcomer with fresh eyes works brilliantly
Sunday Times, Crime Book of the Month
Enthralling... The investigation sends Wyndham and his Bengali assistant on a whirlwind circuit of the city
New York Times Book Review
Evocative, intricate, beautifully written. A must read
Vaseem Khan, author of the Inspector Chopra mysteries
A lip-smacking and highly entertaining mystery, set in a Calcutta so convincingly evoked that readers will find sweat bursting from their foreheads
Daily Telegraph
This vivid murder mystery moves at breakneck speeds
Sunday Times
An intoxicating debut… The most engaging detective since…James Runcie’s Grantchester series: utterly captivating
Daily Mail
A Rising Man is an exceptionally good, and original, historical crime novel...Roll on book two.
C.J. Sansom, author of the Shardlake series

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