Exciting TV option news: The Sam Wyndham series has been optioned for TV by Cavalry Media with
The Big Bang Theory star Kunal Nayyar as Executive ProducerAward-wining series, with Abir's latest - Death in the East - longlisted for Theakstons Crime Novel of the Year.
A highly promotable UK-based author: Abir regularly attends UK events and festivals, and is available for online as well as in person visits. Abir is established in the crime writing community, and is active on Twitter @radiomukhers.
Champions of the Wyndham and Banerjee series include: Nicola Sturgeon, C J Sansom, Ian Rankin and moreThis is the first time that Wyndham and Banerjee have travelled from Calcutta to
Bombay.Abir Mukherjee is the bestselling author of the award-winning Wyndham & Banerjee series of crime novels set in 1920s India. He is a two-time winner of the CWA Historical Dagger and has won the Wilbur Smith Award for Adventure Writing. His books have also been shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger and the HWA Gold Crown. His novels,
A Rising Man and
Smoke and Ashes were both selected as Waterstones Thriller of the Month.
Smoke and Ashes was also chosen as one of
The Times' Best Crime and Thriller novels since 1945. Abir grew up in Scotland and now lives in Surrey with his wife and two sons.
Captivating, moving and exciting, it's historical fiction at its finestAnother compelling, thoughtful and atmospheric episode in this fine seriesAbir Mukherjee is doing something uniquely different in the crime genre. His evocation of 1920s India under British occupation is breathtaking. He takes you there with luscious strokes of his pen and a dry wit, keeping you on the edge of your seat as he spins his tale.I loved the slick dovetailing of the dual narrative and the sharp, humorous writing...
An engaging, evocative thriller that captures the heat of Indian nights and heady days of a bygone era, without being sentimental or simplistic. For me, the murder mystery and historical elements were perfectly woven together.
Abir Mukherjee's terrific crime novels are set in India in the 1920s. The Shadows of Men is vivid and brutal*Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month*
**A 'Book of the Year' pick in The Times**
'An engaging, evocative thriller that captures the heat of Indian nights and heady days of a bygone era, without being sentimental or simplistic' Janice Hallett, bestselling author of The Appeal
'Abir Mukherjee is doing something uniquely different in the crime genre...breathtaking' PETER MAY, Sunday Times bestseller
Calcutta, 1923. When a Hindu theologian is found murdered in his home, the city is on the brink of all-out religious war. Can officers of the Imperial Police Force, Captain Sam Wyndham and Sergeant Surendranath Banerjee track down those responsible in time to stop a bloodbath?
Set at a time of heightened political tension, beginning in atmospheric Calcutta and taking the detectives all the way to bustling Bombay, the latest instalment in this 'unmissable' (The Times) series presents Wyndham and Banerjee with an unprecedented challenge. Will this be the case that finally drives them apart?
'The Shadows of Men finds the always reliable Crime Writers' Association Dagger Award-winner Abir Mukherjee on fine form' Financial Times
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PRAISE FOR THE WYNDHAM AND BANERJEE SERIES
'An exceptional historical crime novel' C.J. Sansom
'A thought-provoking rollercoaster' Ian Rankin
'Cracking... A journey into the dark underbelly of the British Raj' Daily Express
