Death in the East (Wyndham and Banerjee Mysteries #4)

Calcutta police detective Captain Sam Wyndham and his quick-witted Indian Sergeant, Surrender-Not Banerjee, are back for another exotic adventure set in 1920s India.

1905, London. As a young constable, Sam Wyndham is on his usual East London beat when he comes across an old flame, Bessie Drummond, attacked in the streets. The next day, when Bessie is found brutally beaten in her own room, locked from the inside, Wyndham promises to get to the bottom of her murder. But the case will cost the young constable more than he ever imagined. 1922, India. Leaving Calcutta, Captain Sam Wyndham heads for the hills of Assam, to the ashram of a sainted monk where he hopes to conquer his opium addiction. But when he arrives, he sees a ghost from his life in London-a man thought to be long dead, a man Wyndham hoped he would never see again. Wyndham knows he must call his friend and colleague Sergeant Banerjee for help. He is certain this figure from his past isn't here by coincidence. He is here for revenge. . .

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Death in the East (Wyndham and Banerjee Mysteries #4)

Calcutta police detective Captain Sam Wyndham and his quick-witted Indian Sergeant, Surrender-Not Banerjee, are back for another exotic adventure set in 1920s India.

1905, London. As a young constable, Sam Wyndham is on his usual East London beat when he comes across an old flame, Bessie Drummond, attacked in the streets. The next day, when Bessie is found brutally beaten in her own room, locked from the inside, Wyndham promises to get to the bottom of her murder. But the case will cost the young constable more than he ever imagined. 1922, India. Leaving Calcutta, Captain Sam Wyndham heads for the hills of Assam, to the ashram of a sainted monk where he hopes to conquer his opium addiction. But when he arrives, he sees a ghost from his life in London-a man thought to be long dead, a man Wyndham hoped he would never see again. Wyndham knows he must call his friend and colleague Sergeant Banerjee for help. He is certain this figure from his past isn't here by coincidence. He is here for revenge. . .

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Death in the East (Wyndham and Banerjee Mysteries #4)

Death in the East (Wyndham and Banerjee Mysteries #4)

by Abir Mukherjee

Narrated by Simon Bubb

Unabridged — 12 hours, 47 minutes

Death in the East (Wyndham and Banerjee Mysteries #4)

Death in the East (Wyndham and Banerjee Mysteries #4)

by Abir Mukherjee

Narrated by Simon Bubb

Unabridged — 12 hours, 47 minutes

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Calcutta police detective Captain Sam Wyndham and his quick-witted Indian Sergeant, Surrender-Not Banerjee, are back for another exotic adventure set in 1920s India.

1905, London. As a young constable, Sam Wyndham is on his usual East London beat when he comes across an old flame, Bessie Drummond, attacked in the streets. The next day, when Bessie is found brutally beaten in her own room, locked from the inside, Wyndham promises to get to the bottom of her murder. But the case will cost the young constable more than he ever imagined. 1922, India. Leaving Calcutta, Captain Sam Wyndham heads for the hills of Assam, to the ashram of a sainted monk where he hopes to conquer his opium addiction. But when he arrives, he sees a ghost from his life in London-a man thought to be long dead, a man Wyndham hoped he would never see again. Wyndham knows he must call his friend and colleague Sergeant Banerjee for help. He is certain this figure from his past isn't here by coincidence. He is here for revenge. . .


Editorial Reviews

Library Journal (starred) [Praise for the Captain Sam Wyndham mystery series]

"Mukherjee’s amazing grasp of the social conventions and mores of both the British and Indians during the Raj period gives authenticity to this historical mystery. Historical mystery buffs will love this novel."

Publishers Weekly (starred) [Praise for the Captain Sam Wyndham mystery series]

"Mukherjee makes the most of his setting, 1921 Calcutta, in his superior third mystery. Mukherjee, who only gets better and better with each book, has established himself as a leading historical mystery writer."

The New York Times Book Review - Marilyn Stasio [Praise for the Captain Sam Wyndham mystery series]

"Enthralling."

C. J. Sansom [Praise for the Captain Sam Wyndham mystery series]

A brilliantly conceived murder mystery set amidst political and social turmoil—beautifully crafted.

Criminal Element [praise for the Captain Sam Wyndham mystery series]

"A phenomenal historical mystery. Thrilling and evocative, darkly funny and surprisingly touching. Mukherjee’s prose is so sharp that the setting feels immediate and vital. I can’t imagine how Mukherjee will top Smoke and Ashes, but I can’t wait to see what he comes up with."

Ian Rankin [Praise for the Captain Sam Wyndham mystery series]

"A thought-provoking rollercoaster."

Marilyn Stasio [Praise for the Captain Sam Wyndham mystery series] - The New York Times Book Review

Enthralling.

CrimeReads

Mukherjee’s ongoing series is one of the most exciting things happening in the crime fiction world... Mukherjee provides another exhilarating and erudite story.

C. J. Sansom

"A brilliantly conceived murder mystery set amidst political and social turmoil. Beautifully crafted."

Publishers Weekly (starred)

Excellent. The sky seems to be the limit for this extraordinarily talented author."

Booklist

This clever tale of interwoven locked-room mysteries may be the best yet in a series that boasts gifted storytelling and full-sensory, Raj-era details.

Kirkus Reviews

★ 2020-03-29
The reappearance of an unwelcome figure from his past in 1922 India leads Capt. Sam Wyndham to an impossible case of murder.

Finally acknowledging his addiction to opium, Wyndham journeys to a remote ashram to take the cure. As he approaches his destination, he spots a man who tried to kill him 17 years ago, when he was a freshly minted constable in Whitechapel. Two days after Bessie Drummond, a housekeeper who’d stepped out with Wyndham before his superior pressed him to drop her and she instantly made an unsuitable marriage, was attacked in an East London street, she was beaten to death in her own room, which was locked from the inside. Wyndham’s own investigations, and his devil’s bargain with a pair of crime lords from Yorkshire, led the police to a suspect who swore he was innocent. Struck by his sincerity, Wyndham raced to pursue new leads, but all in vain. Now the man he’s convinced actually killed Bessie has turned up in the most unlikely place, and there’s every sign that he’s recognized Wyndham. The disappearance and death of one of his fellow residents at the ashram is only a prelude to a second fresh murder—an unholy echo of Bessie Drummond’s death in another locked room, with the added complication that the obvious manner of death seems to have been physically impossible. Mukherjee juggles his two time frames effortlessly, brings both the East End and upcountry India to vivid life, wittily places his hero under the thumb of his own sergeant, and supplies an improbably logical conclusion to Wyndham’s most baffling case to date.

Every time you think you know where he’s going, Mukherjee pulls the rug out from under you with pleasingly insolent ease.

Product Details

BN ID: 2940203542427
Publisher: Dreamscape Media
Publication date: 11/04/2025
Series: Wyndham and Banerjee Mysteries , #4
Edition description: Unabridged
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