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Captain Sam Wyndham, a former Scotland Yard detective, is a new arrival to Calcutta. Desperately seeking a fresh start after his experiences during the Great War, he has been recruited to head up a new post in the police force.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and plot-driven.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- cooloverwhelming
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About the book
- Author
- Abir Mukherjee
- First published
- 2016
- Pages
- 400
- Publisher
- Ulverscroft, Penguin Random House, Pegasus Books
- Editions
- 8
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781785412776
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