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Pegasus Books
May 2017
On Sale: May 9, 2017
400 pages
ISBN: 168177416X
EAN: 9781681774169
Kindle: B01MYNQPMW
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Mystery Historical
In the days of the Raj, a newly arrived Scotland Yard
detective is confronted with the murder of a British
official—in his mouth a note warning the British to leave
India, or else... Calcutta, 1919. 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. He is immediately overwhelmed by the heady
vibrancy of the tropical city, but with barely a moment to
acclimatize or to deal with the ghosts that still haunt him,
Wyndham is caught up in a murder investigation that
threatens to destabilize a city already teetering on the
brink of political insurgency. The body of a senior official has been found in a filthy
sewer, and a note left in his mouth warns the British to
quit India, or else. Under tremendous pressure to solve the
case before it erupts into increased violence on the
streets, Wyndham and his two new colleagues—arrogant
Inspector Digby and Sergeant Banerjee, one of the few
Indians to be recruited into the new CID—embark on an
investigation that will take them from the opulent mansions
of wealthy British traders to the seedy opium dens of the city. Masterfully evincing the sights, sounds, and smells of
colonial Calcutta, A Rising Man is the start of an
enticing new historical crime series.
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