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The Shadows of Men

  • Imprint: Harvill Secker

  • ISBN: 9781787300590

  • Length: 374  Pages

  • Dimensions: 240mm x 40mm x 156mm

  • Weight: 750g

  • RRP: £12.99

The Shadows of Men

RELEASED 11/11/2021

Award-winning writer Abir Mukherjee is back with another brilliant mystery novel in the Raj-era Wyndham and Banerjee series.

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?

*A SUNDAY TIMES BOOKS OF 2021 PICK*

  • Imprint: Harvill Secker

  • ISBN: 9781787300590

  • Length: 374  Pages

  • Dimensions: 240mm x 40mm x 156mm

  • Weight: 750g

  • RRP: £12.99

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Abir Mukherjee

Abir Mukherjee is the bestselling author of the award-winning Wyndham & Banerjee series of crime novels set in Raj-era 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.

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