Books by Abir Mukherjee and Complete Book Reviews
Abir Mukherjee. Pegasus Crime (Norton, dist.), $25.95 (400p) ISBN 978-1-68177-416-9
British author Mukherjee’s outstanding debut and series launch combines a cleverly constructed whodunit with an unusual locale—Calcutta in 1919—portrayed with convincing detail. Capt. Sam Wyndham, a former Scotland Yard detective, has arrived in the
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Abir Mukherjee. Pegasus Crime, $25.95 (384p) ISBN 978-1-68177-671-2
Set in 1920, Mukherjee’s impressive sequel to 2017’s A Rising Man finds Capt. Sam Wyndham, a former Scotland Yard officer, and his astute sidekick, Sgt. “Surrender-Not” Banerjee of the Bengal Police, transporting Crown Prince Adhir Singh Sai, of the
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Abir Mukherjee. Pegasus Crime, $25.95 (352p) ISBN 978-1-64313-014-9
Mukherjee makes the most of his setting, 1921 Calcutta, in his superior third mystery featuring the all-too-human Capt. Sam Wyndham, of the British Imperial Police, and his Indian assistant, Sgt. “Surrender-Not” Banerjee (after 2018’s A Necessary...
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Abir Mukherjee. Pegasus Crime, $25.95 (432p) ISBN 978-1-64313-468-0
Edgar finalist Mukherjee’s excellent fourth mystery featuring Capt. Sam Wyndham and Sgt. Surendranath “Surrender-not” Bannerjee of the Calcutta CID (after 2019’s Smoke and Ashes) deepens the relationship between his two leads and adds detail to...
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Abir Mukherjee. Pegasus Crime, $25.95 (352p) ISBN 978-1-64313-744-5
Increasing tensions in 1923 colonial India provide the backdrop for Edgar finalist Mukherjee’s superb fifth mystery featuring Capt. Sam Wyndham and Det. Sgt. Surendranath Bannerjee of the Calcutta CID (after 2019’s Death in the East). Lord Taggart,...
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Abir Mukherjee. Mulholland, $30 (400p) ISBN 978-0-316-26021-3
Mukherjee strays from his Wyndham & Banerjee historical series to deliver a cunning standalone rooted in contemporary America’s fractured political landscape. After a bloody bombing in a Los Angeles mall, FBI agent Shreya Mistry identifies a young...
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