Smoke and Ashes: A Novel (Wyndham & Banerjee Mysteries)

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.

• | Author: Abir Mukherjee
• | Publisher: Pegasus Crime
• | Publication Date: July 21, 2020
• | Number of Pages: 352 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 164313499X
• | ISBN-13: 9781643134994