India 1920 Captain Wyndham & Sergeant Banerjee of the Calcutta Police Force investigate the dramatic assassination of a Maharajah&s son The fabulously wealthy kingdom of Sambalpore is home to tigers elephants diamond mines & the beautiful Palace of the Sun But when the heir to the throne is assassinated in the presence of Captain Sam Wyndham & Sergeant & Surrender-Not& Banerjee they discover a kingdom riven with suppressed conflict Prince Adhir was a moderniser whose attitudes
- & romantic relationship
- may have upset the more religious elements of his country while his brother – now in line to the throne – appears to be a feckless playboy As Wyndham & Banerjee desperately try to unravel the mystery behind the assassination they become entangled in a dangerous world where those in power live by their own rules & those who cross their paths pay with their lives They must find a murderer before the murderer finds them… Praise for A Rising Man‘A Rising Man is an exceptionally good & original historical crime novel’ CJ Sansom‘ This vivid murder mystery moves at breakneck speeds’ Sunday Times‘A Rising Man is a whodunit set in the social & political tinderbox of 1919 Calcutta
- a thought-provoking rollercoaster’ Ian Rankin Observer‘ One of the most exciting debut novels I&ve read in years’ Val Mc Dermid