Book Abir Mukherjee (set of 2 books)
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From the very first lines of the novel, the story begins with the murder of a high-ranking official - the assistant governor of Bengal. Suspicion falls on revolutionary terrorists, as the country has begun the next stage of the national liberation movement for Indian independence.
Along with the assassination of an important official, another important crime is committed - a group of bandits attacks a postal and passenger train, killing a guard, but not robbing or stealing anything. Both of these complicated crimes have to be investigated and solved by Captain Wyndham, who is the narrator of the story. And he successfully coped with it.
The events in the novel take place in Calcutta eighteen years before India declared independence from the British colonisers.
India, 1920. Captain Wyndham and Sergeant Banerjee of the Calcutta Police investigate the mysterious murder of the Maharaja's son.
The heir to the throne was killed right in front of the captain and sergeant. Investigating this case, they have to go to the rich kingdom of Sambalpur, a country of diamond mines and luxurious palaces. But the outward beauty conceals intricate conflicts. Prince Adhir was a reformer whose behaviour - and romantic interests - caused great irritation among religious fanatics. Who did he stand in the way of?
Windham and Banerjee are desperate to unravel the mystery behind the murder. But they have entered a dangerous world where those in power live by their own rules, and anyone who gets in their way can easily pay with their lives. They need to find the killer before he finds them....