A Rising Man
10th Anniversary Edition
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Publishing:7th May '26
£9.99
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**WINNER OF THE CWA ENDEAVOUR HISTORICAL DAGGER **
'An exceptional historical crime novel' C.J. Sansom
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 left 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...
**A THE TIMES/SUNDAY TIMES CRIME CLUB TOP 40 BOOK OF LAST FIVE YEARS**
Praise for the Wyndham and Banerjee series :
'A thought-provoking rollercoaster' Ian Rankin
'Does for the Raj what Philip Kerr did for the Reich' TheTimes/Sunday Times Crime Club
'Highly entertaining' Daily Telegraph
If you enjoyed A Rising Man, further books in the Wyndham and Banerjee series are available now:
A Necessary Evil
Smoke and Ashes
Death in the East
The Shadows of Men
A joy to read—Susan Hill
A journey into the dark underbelly of the British Raj... a cracking debut—Jon Coates, Daily Express
Splendid...Captain Sam Wyndham is a winning creation—The Times, Crime Book of the Month
[A] terrific first novel...Mukherjee’s descriptions of Calcutta under the Raj are vivid, while Wyndham’s position as a newcomer with fresh eyes works brilliantly—Sunday Times, Crime Book of the Month
Enthralling... The investigation sends Wyndham and his Bengali assistant on a whirlwind circuit of the city—Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review
Evocative, intricate, beautifully written. A must read—Vaseem Khan, author of the Inspector Chopra mysteries
A lip-smacking and highly entertaining mystery, set in a Calcutta so convincingly evoked that readers will find sweat bursting from their foreheads—Jake Kerridge, Daily Telegraph
This vivid murder mystery moves at breakneck speeds—Sunday Times
An intoxicating debut… The most engaging detective since…James Runcie’s Grantchester series: utterly captivating—Geoffrey Wansell, Daily Mail
A Rising Man is an exceptionally good, and original, historical crime novel...Roll on book two.—C.J. Sansom, author of the Shardlake series
- Winner of CWA Endeavour Historical Dagger 2017
- Short-listed for Jhalak Prize 2017 (UK)
- Short-listed for HWA Goldsboro Debut Crown 2017 (UK)
- Short-listed for Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award 2017 (UK)
- Short-listed for Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2018 (UK)
ISBN: 9781529977387
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 35mm
Weight: 500g
416 pages
Special edition