The Burning Grounds

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In the Burning Ghats of Calcutta where the dead are laid to rest, a man is found murdered, his throat cut from ear to ear.

The body is that of a popular patron of the arts, a man who was, by all accounts, beloved by all: so what was the motive for his murder? Despite being out of favour with the Imperial Police Force, Detective Sam Wyndham is assigned to the case and finds himself thrust into the glamorous world of Indian cinema.

Meanwhile Surendranath Banerjee, recently returned from Europe after three years spent running from the fallout of his last case, is searching for a missing photographer; a trailblazing woman at the forefront of the profession. When Suren discovers that the vanished woman is linked to Sam's murder investigation, the two men find themselves working together once again - but will Wyndham and Banerjee be able to put their differences aside to solve the case?From the critically-acclaimed author of HUNTED comes the next instalment in the popular Wyndham and Banerjee series.

'An unmissable series' The Times

'Captivating, moving and exciting, it's historical fiction at its finest' Sunday Express

'Abir Mukherjee is doing something uniquely different in the crime genre...breathtaking' Peter May, Sunday Times bestseller, on The Shadows of Men

© Abir Mukherjee 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025

Critics Review

An utterly spellbinding triumph from a master storyteller.
Joseph O’Connor
I really enjoyed it. It was great to be back in the world of Wyndham and Banerjee as they solved a wonderfully imagined story told with all of Abir’s trademark wry humour. I especially liked the way he brought all of Kolkata’s satanic majesty to life.
Ajay Chowdhury
I devoured it... Thrilling, evocative and amusing. It’s a book that has everything
Imran Mahmood
Mukherjee’s tale from the Rag, full of local colour and excitement, is about blood, money and “the callousness of the universe”… Historical crime fiction at its best
The Times
Another gloriously brilliant deep dive into the dying days of the British Empire from one of our foremost historical crime writers
Daily Mirror

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