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Captain Sam Wyndham and his side-kick Surrender-not Banerjee return in this prize-winning historical crime series set in 1920s Calcutta, India.

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From the winner of the 2017 CWA Historical Dagger Award

´Smoke and Ashes is Abir Mukherjee´s best book yet; a brilliantly conceived murder mystery set amidst political and social turmoil - beautifully crafted´ C.J. Sansom

India, 1921. Captain Sam Wyndham is battling a serious addiction to opium that he must keep secret from his superiors in the Calcutta police force.

But Wyndham finds himself in a tight spot when he stumbles across a corpse in an opium den. When he then comes across a second body bearing the same injuries, Wyndham is convinced that there´s a deranged killer on the loose.

However, revealing his presence in the opium den could cost him his career.

As Wyndham and Sergeant ´Surrender-not´ Banerjee set out to solve the two murders, Wyndham must tread carefully, keeping his personal demons secret, before someone else turns up dead...

´It is the flamboyant evocation of Calcutta that makes this such a mesmerising read´
Guardian
Praise for the Sam Wyndham series:

´A thought-provoking rollercoaster´ Ian Rankin

´Confirms Abir Mukherjee as a rising star of historical crime fiction´
The Times

´Cracking... A journey into the dark underbelly of the British Raj´ Daily Express

If you enjoyed Smoke and Ashes, look out for the fourth Sam Wyndham mystery, Death in the East in November 2019

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"Smoke and Ashes is Abir Mukherjee´s best book yet; a brilliantly conceived murder mystery set amidst political and social turmoil - beautifully crafted." CJ Sansom

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Abir Mukherjee is the bestselling author of the Sam Wyndham series of crime novels set in Raj-era India. His debut, A Rising Man, won the CWA Endeavour Dagger for best historical crime novel of 2017, was a Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month, and Waterstones´ Thriller of the Month. His second novel, A Necessary Evil, won the Wilbur Smith Award for Adventure Writing, was shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for best crime novel of 2018, and was featured on ITV as a Zoe Ball Book Club pick. Abir grew up in Scotland and now lives in London with his wife and two sons.

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