
The Shadows of Men
When a Hindu theologian is found murdered in his home, the city is on the brink of all-out religious war. Can officers of the Imperial Police Force, Captain Sam Wyndham and Sergeant Surendranath Banerjee track down those responsible in time to stop a bloodbath? Set at a time of heightened political tension, beginning in atmospheric Calcutta and taking the detectives all the way to bustling Bombay, the latest instalment in this series presents Wyndham and Banerjee with an unprecedented challenge. Will this be the case that finally drives them apart?
- Publisher
- Harvill Secker
- ISBN-13
- 9781787300606
- Topics
- Murder investigationReligious tension and communal violenceBritish colonial India
Awards
- Gold Dagger Award (CWA Dagger for Crime Novel of the Year)Shortlisted(2022)
Other awarded books from Abir Mukherjee
- A Rising Man (2016)0 wins · 6 score
- A Necessary Evil (2017)0 wins · 3 score
- Death in the East (2019)0 wins · 3 score
- Smoke and Ashes (2018)0 wins · 3 score
- Hunted (2024)0 wins · 2 score
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