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Smoke and ashes : a novel / Abir Mukherjee.

Mukherjee, Abir, (author.).

Summary:

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.
Recognizing ritualistic injuries on a murder victim from a memory compromised by his opium addiction, Captain Sam Wyndham, aided by sidekick Surrender-Not Banerjee, struggles to solve two mysteries while hiding his personal demons from the Calcutta police force.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781643130149
  • ISBN: 1643130145
  • ISBN: 9781643134994
  • ISBN: 164313499X
  • Physical Description: 332 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Pegagus Books edition
  • Publisher: New York : Pegasus Books, 2019.

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General Note:
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Subject:
Murder > Investigation > Fiction.
British > India > Kolkata > Fiction.
India > History > British occupation, 1765-1947 > Fiction.
Genre:
Detective and mystery fiction.
Historical fiction.

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