Souvik Chakraborty
Abir Mukherjee
Abir Mukherjee is the Times bestselling author of the Wyndham & Banerjee series of crime
novels set in Raj-era India which have sold over 400,000 copies worldwide and been
translated into 15 languages. His books have won numerous awards including the CWA
Dagger for best Historical Novel, the Prix du Polar Européen, the Wilbur Smith Award for
Adventure Writing and the Amazon Publishing Readers Award for E-book for the Year.
Alongside fellow author, Vaseem Khan, he also hosts the popular Red Hot Chilli Writers
podcast, where every fortnight, joined by special guests from the media and literature, he
takes a wry look at the world of books, writing, and the creative arts, tackling everything
from bestsellers to pop culture.
This is the Bengali translation of the very popular English novel A Rising Man by Abir
Mukherjee. In the days of the Raj, a newly arrived Scotland Yard detective is confronted with
the murder of a British official—in his mouth a note warning the British to leave India, or
else . . . Calcutta, 1919. Captain Sam Wyndham, former Scotland Yard detective, is a new
arrival to Calcutta. Desperately seeking a fresh start after his experiences during the Great
War, Wyndham has been recruited to head up a new post in the police force. He is
immediately overwhelmed by the heady vibrancy of the tropical city, but with barely a
moment to acclimatize or to deal with the ghosts that still haunt him, Wyndham is caught up
in a murder investigation that threatens to destabilize a city already teetering on the brink of
political insurgency. The body of a senior official has been found in a filthy sewer, and a note
left in his mouth warns the British to quit India, or else. Under tremendous pressure to solve
the case before it erupts into increased violence on the streets, Wyndham and his two new
colleagues—arrogant Inspector Digby and Sergeant Banerjee, one of the few Indians to be
recruited into the new CID—embark on an investigation that will take them from the opulent
mansions of wealthy British traders to the seedy opium dens of the city. Masterfully evincing
the sights, sounds, and smells of colonial Calcutta,
Abir Mukherjee is the Times bestselling author of the Wyndham & Banerjee series of crime
novels set in Raj-era India which have sold over 400,000 copies worldwide and been
translated into 15 languages. His books have won numerous awards including the CWA
Dagger for best Historical Novel, the Prix du Polar Européen, the Wilbur Smith Award for
Adventure Writing and the Amazon Publishing Readers Award for E-book for the Year.
Alongside fellow author, Vaseem Khan, he also hosts the popular Red Hot Chilli Writers
podcast, where every fortnight, joined by special guests from the media and literature, he
takes a wry look at the world of books, writing, and the creative arts, tackling everything
from bestsellers to pop culture.