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Abir Mukherjee for The Burning Grounds

Abir Mukherjee for The Burning Grounds
Join us for _The Burning Grounds_, the next thrilling novel from the author of the British Book Awards Crime Thriller of the Year 2025, _Hunted, _Abir Mukherjee. 'AN UNMISSABLE SERIES' _The Times_ 'CAPTIVATING, MOVING AND EXCITING, IT'S HISTORICAL FICTION AT ITS FINEST' _Sunday Express_ IN THE BURNING GHATS OF CALCUTTA WHERE THE DEAD ARE LAID TO REST, A MAN IS FOUND MURDERED, HIS THROAT CUT FROM EAR TO EAR. The body is that of a popular patron of the arts, a man who was, by all accounts, beloved by all: so what was the motive for his murder? Despite being out of favour with the Imperial Police Force, Detective Sam Wyndham is assigned to the case and finds himself thrust into the glamorous world of Indian cinema. Meanwhile Surendranath Banerjee, recently returned from Europe after three years spent running from the fallout of his last case, is searching for a missing photographer; a trailblazing woman at the forefront of the profession. When Suren discovers that the vanished woman is linked to Sam's murder investigation, the two men find themselves working together once again - but will Wyndham and Banerjee be able to put their differences aside to solve the case? ABIR MUKHERJEE is the bestselling author of the award-winning Wyndham & Banerjee series of crime novels set in 1920s India and the British Book Awards Crime Thriller of the Year 2025 _Hunted_. His books have been translated into sixteen languages and won various awards including the CWA Dagger for best Historical Novel, the Prix du Polar Europeen, and the Wilbur Smith Award for Adventure Writing.

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