Smoke and Ashes : ‘A brilliantly conceived murder mystery’ C.J. Sansom EPUB

** A THE SUNDAY TIMES BEST 100 BEST CRIME NOVELS SINCE 1945**'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.

SansomIndia, 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... *HUNTED, THE BLOCKBUSTER CONTEMPORARY THRILLER BY ABIR MUKHERJEE, IS AVAILABLE TO PREORDER NOW*----SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 CWA SAPERE HISTORICAL DAGGERSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 HWA GOLD CROWNLONGLISTED FOR THE 2019 CWA GOLD DAGGERPraise for the Wyndham and Banerjee series:'It is the flamboyant evocation of Calcutta that makes this such a mesmerising read' Guardian'A thought-provoking rollercoaster' Ian Rankin'Cracking...

A journey into the dark underbelly of the British Raj' Daily ExpressIf you enjoyed Smoke and Ashes further books in the Wyndham and Banerjee series are available now:A Rising ManA Necessary EvilDeath in the East The Shadows of Men