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  • Death in the East

  • Sam Wyndham, Book 4
  • By: Abir Mukherjee
  • Narrated by: Simon Bubb
  • Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins
  • 5.0 out of 5 stars (30 ratings)

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Death in the East

By: Abir Mukherjee
Narrated by: Simon Bubb
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Calcutta police detective Captain Sam Wyndham and his quick-witted Indian Sergeant, Surrender-not Banerjee, are back for another rip-roaring adventure set in 1920s India.

1905, London.

When Bessie Drummond, an old flame of Sam Wyndham's, is attacked in the street, he is determined to get to the bottom of it. But the next day, Bessie is found dead in her room and Wyndham soon finds himself caught up in her murder investigation. The case will cost the young constable more than he ever imagined.

1922, India.

Leaving Calcutta, Wyndham heads for the hills of Assam, ready to put his opium addiction behind him. But when he arrives, he sees a ghost from his life in London - a man thought to be long dead, a man Wyndham hoped he would never see again.

Wyndham knows he must call his friend and colleague Sergeant Banerjee for help. He is certain that this figure from can only be after one thing: revenge...

**WINNER OF THE CWA SAPERE BOOKS HISTORICAL DAGGER 2020**

*A SUNDAY TIMES BOOKS OF 2021 PICK*

©2019 Abir Mukherjee (P)2019 Penguin Audio
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As ever, Abir Mukherjee brings sardonic wit to his portrayal of British rule in India and the action is perfectly paced, but this volume has a depth that makes it stand out. His best yet (Jake Kerridge)
In his most accomplished and complex novel yet, Mukherjee keeps the reader enthralled as the duo race towards a brilliant conclusion. Death in the East is a contender for the best thriller of the year. (Jon Coates)
Death in the East is the best so far of an unmissable series (Antonia Senior)

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A trip to the past with a message for the future

This book like the two others before it shine a light on the colonial past wrapped up in a murder mystery. The colonial story has two sides and these books show faults on both sides written by a young man of Indian descent who having grown up in Britain has absorbed the best of both sides of the equation in a very believable way.

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