Smoke and Ashes

**From the winner of the 2017 CWA Historical Dagger Award**'Smoke and Ashes is Abir Mukherjee's best book yet; a brilliantly conceived murder mystery set amidst political and social turmoil - beautifully crafted' C.J. SANSOM'It is the flamboyant evocation of Calcutta that makes this a mesmerising read. SANSOM'It is the flamboyant evocation of Calcutta that makes this such a mesmerising read'GuardianIndia, 1921. Captain Sam Wyndham is battling a serious addiction to opium that he must keep secret from his superiors in the Calcutta police force.But Wyndham finds himself in a tight spot when he stumbles across a corpse in an opium den. When he then comes across a second body bearing the same injuries, Wyndham is convinced that there's a deranged killer on the loose.However, revealing his presence in the opium den could cost him his career.As Wyndham and Sergeant 'Surrender-not' Banerjee set out to solve the two murders, Wyndham must tread carefully, keeping his personal demons secret, before someone else turns up dead...