'An exceptional historical crime novel' C.J. Sansom 'A thought-provoking rollercoaster' Ian Rankin **SELECTED AS ONE OF WATERSTONES' BEST CRIME BOOKS OF 2017** **WINNER OF THE CWA ENDEAVOUR HISTORICAL DAGGER 2017** India, 1919. Desperate for a fresh start, Captain Sam Wyndham arrives to take up an important post in Calcutta's police force.

He is soon called to the scene of a horrifying murder. The victim was a senior official, and a note in his mouth warns the British to leave India or else.

With the stability of the Empire under threat, Wyndham and Sergeant 'Surrender-not' Banerjee must solve the case quickly. But there are some who will do anything to stop them...

'One of the most exciting debut novels I've read in years' Val McDermid 'Highly entertaining...set in a Calcutta so convincingly evoked that readers will find sweat bursting from their foreheads' Daily Telegraph

'Thisvivid murder mysterymoves at breakneck speeds' Sunday Times

'Intoxicating...utterly captivating' Daily Mail

If you enjoyedA Rising Man, the second Sam Wyndham mystery,A Necessary Evil, is available now.

Abir Mukherjeegrew up in the west of Scotland. At the age of fifteen, his best friend made him readGorky Parkand hes been a fan of crime fiction ever since. The child of immigrants from India,A Rising Man, his debut novel, was inspired by a desire to learn more about a crucial period in Anglo-Indian history that seems to have been almost forgotten. It won the Harvill Secker/Daily Telegraphcrime writing competition and became the first in a series starring Captain Sam Wyndham and Surrender-not Banerjee. Abir lives in London with his wife and two sons.