A Necessary Evil
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| Rating | : | 4.80 (953 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B071XZ13YQ |
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| Number of Pages | : | 481 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-27 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Second in the series Jill Meyer British crime novelist Abir Mukherjee has published his second mystery, "A Necessary Evil". It follows his first book in the series, "A Rising Man", and features Captain Sam Wyndham and his aide, Sargent "Surrender-not" Banerjee. The books are set in 1920 Calcutta (now Kolkata), where Wyndham - a former officer at Scotland Yard - has m. FictionFan said Royal shenanigans. When the son and heir of the Maharaja of Sambalpore is assassinated in front of him, Calcutta police captain Sam Wyndham quickly manages to catch the assassin, but unfortunately the man dies before he can be questioned. Although the authorities and even the Maharaja are willing to let the matter rest as the work of a fanatic, Sam isn't
The fabulously wealthy kingdom of Sambalpore: home to tigers, elephants, diamond mines and the beautiful Palace of the Sun. Travelling to Sambalpore, he discovers a kingdom riven with suppressed conflict. When the heir to the throne of Sambalpore is assassinated in Calcutta in the presence of Captain Sam Wyndham and his colleague 'Surrender-Not' Banerjee, Wyndham works to uncover the reasons behind Prince Punit's death, despite the opposition of his commanding officers. Prince Punit was a moderniser whose attitudes - and romantic relationship - may have upset the mo