
A Necessary Evil
Abir Mukherjee
A Necessary Evil won the 2018 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize and was shortlisted for the 2018 Historical and Gold Daggers and longlisted for the 2018 CWA Steel Dagger. India, 1920. Captain Sam Wyndham and Sergeant Banerjee of Calcutta Police must investigate the dramatic assassination of a Maharaja's son. Sam Wyndham is visiting the kingdom of Sambalpore, home to diamond mines and the beautiful Palace of the Sun. But when the Maharaja's eldest son is assassinated, Wyndham realises that the realm is riven with conflict. Prince Adhir was unpopular with religious groups, while his brother - now in line to the throne - appears to be a feckless playboy. As Wyndham and Sergeant 'Surrender-not' Banerjee endeavour to unravel the mystery, they become entangled in a dangerous world. They must find the murderer, before the murderer finds them.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Random House
- Year
- 2017
- ISBN-13
- 9781473546479
- Genre
- Crime & ThrillerFiction
- Topics
- Murder investigationBritish colonial IndiaRoyal succession and power struggles
Awards
- Gold Dagger Award (CWA Dagger for Crime Novel of the Year)Shortlisted(2018)
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