Abir Mukherjee Bücher

Kalkutta 1921. Der Besuch einer Opiumhöhle nimmt für den britischen Ermittler Sam Wyndham ein unerwartetes Ende, als er im Rausch von einer Razzia überrascht wird und nun unerkannt vor seinen eigenen Leuten fliehen muss. Noch benommen vom süßlichen Rauch will er über das Dach des Hauses flüchten - und stößt auf eine Leiche. Mit zwei Stichen niedergestreckt, die Augen gewaltsam entfernt. Doch Wyndham hat keine Zeit, den Schauplatz genauer zu untersuchen. In letzter Sekunde bringt er sich selbst in Sicherheit. Aber der grausame Fund ist erst der Auftakt einer Reihe blutiger Ritualmorde, die das politisch immer unruhiger werdende Kalkutta in Angst und Schrecken versetzen.

Kalkutta, 1920: Ein Jahr nach seiner Ankunft in Britisch-Indien wird der ehemalige Scotland-Yard-Ermittler Sam Wyndham mit einer heiklen Mission betraut. Der Thronfolger von Sambalpur wurde ermordet. Die Kolonialregierung hat ein hohes Interesse an der Ergreifung des Täters, verfügt in dem unabhängigen Fürstenstaat jedoch über keinerlei polizeiliche Befugnisse. Sam und sein indischer Sergeant Surrender-not Banerjee reisen als verdeckte Ermittler ins Reich des Maharadschas, das für seinen unsagbaren Reichtum, die prunkvollen Tempel, und die jährliche Großwildjagd bekannt ist ...

Ausgezeichnet mit dem Endeavour Historical Dagger für den besten historischen Kriminalroman des Jahres Kalkutta 1919 – die Luft steht in den Straßen einer Stadt, die im Chaos der Kolonialisierung zu versinken droht. Die Bevölkerung ist zerrissen zwischen alten Traditionen und der neuen Ordnung der britischen Besatzung.Aus dem Ersten Weltkrieg zurückgekehrt, findet sich Captain Sam Wyndham als Ermittler in diesem Moloch aus tropischer Hitze, Schlamm und bröckelnden Kolonialbauten wieder. Doch er hat kaum Gelegenheit, sich an seine neue Umgebung zu gewöhnen. Denn ein Mordfall hält die ganze Stadt in Atem. Seine Nachforschungen führen ihn in die opiumgetränkte Unterwelt Kalkuttas – und immer wieder an den Rand des Gesetzes.

It's less than a month till the US presidential elections. A bomb goes off in an LA mall. It's a suicide bombing, carried out by a British Muslim girl. The FBI trace her arrival on US soil, realise she wasn't alone, and that the LA attack is only the beginning. In Florida, a mother fears her son has been radicalised. In London, the police bring in a Muslim immigrant for questioning about his child's whereabouts. The two parents are thrown together in a race to find their kids before it's too late. Will they succeed? Will the FBI hunt their children down? Or will both fail to stop the teenagers committing an atrocity which derails the country's future?

When the corpse of an eminent businesswoman is found in a lavish suite locked from inside, Noida police is baffled. They cannot find any trace of foul play at the crime scene. As the rookie IPS officer Vayu Iyer investigates the complex crime, he finds an open-ended suspect pool. It could be the victim’s ex-lover, jealous college friends, the parasitic husband or one of her innumerable flings. Braving tremendous pressure from the government to close the case quickly, he follows every lead, only to reach a dead end. His journey becomes harder under the supervision of a corrupt, grumpy, drug-addict DCP who is on a killing spree to avenge the murder of his fiancée, pitted against a powerful crime-syndicate. Will Vayu crack the first high-profile case of his career? The Sinful Silence is an action-packed story of chasing the truth, avenging loss and twisted relationships.

Calcutta police detective Captain Sam Wyndham and his quick-witted Indian Sergeant, Surrender-Not Banerjee, are back for another exotic adventure set in 1920s India. *Winner of the CWA's Historical Daggar Award* 1905, London. As a young constable, Sam Wyndham is on his usual East London beat when he comes across an old flame, Bessie Drummond, attacked in the streets. The next day, when Bessie is found brutally beaten in her own room, locked from the inside, Wyndham promises to get to the bottom of her murder. But the case will cost the young constable more than he ever imagined. 1922, India. Leaving Calcutta, Captain Sam Wyndham heads for the hills of Assam, to the ashram of a sainted monk where he hopes to conquer his opium addiction. But when he arrives, he sees a ghost from his life in London—a man thought to be long dead, a man Wyndham hoped he would never see again. Wyndham knows he must call his friend and colleague Sergeant Banerjee for help. He is certain this figure from his past isn’t here by coincidence. He is here for revenge . . .

'Abir Mukherjee is doing something uniquely different in the crime genre. His evocation of 1920s India under British occupation is breathtaking' Peter May, Sunday Times bestseller, on The Shadows of Men Calcutta, 1923. 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 'unmissable' (The Times) series presents Wyndham and Banerjee with an unprecedented challenge. Will this be the case that finally drives them apart? 'An engaging, evocative thriller that captures the heat of Indian nights and heady days of a bygone era, without being sentimental or simplistic' Janice Hallett, bestselling author of The Appeal

Ahi is an aspiring publisher and wishes to make it big someday. When her favourite author’s autobiography lands on her table – which has confessions of his heinous crimes, illegal businesses and few eminent others as his partners in crime – she doesn’t know if it’s real or someone’s trap. It could get her a big breakthrough, but little does she know that it would turn her world upside down completely. Her morbid curiosity pulls her into the depth of a conspiracy. She finds herself in the centre of various mishaps and murders, as if someone wants to lead the way. Driven by her childhood friend Samim’s encouragement, and watched over by the ever so charming ACP Rathore, she has to jeopardize her life to find the brutal truth of her past. Touching, thrilling and deeply mysterious, Sin is the New Love is the journey of a girl who stumbles upon the truth about her origin while chasing her dream.

V městečku Mother’s Rest panuje podivná atmosféra, kterou Jack Reacher cítí, když tudy projíždí. Jeho zvědavost vzroste, když potká soukromou vyšetřovatelku Changovou, jež pátrá po zmizelém kolegovi. Rychle zjistí, že místní obyvatelé skrývají temná tajemství a Reacher se ocitá ve víru nebezpečných odhalení. V Severní Karolíně, ve městě Bascom, se blíží říjen a pro ženy rodu Waverleyových to znamená čas, kdy jabloň vykvétá a přináší naději. Avšak s příchodem prvního mrazu se objevují i napětí a touhy po nemožném, což se ještě zkomplikuje příchodem cizince s tajemstvími, jež mohou narušit rodinné tradice. Na Apalačské stezce v Maine se ztratily dvě turistky a lesní strážce Mike Bowditch se snaží je najít. Spekulace o divokých zvířatech však nevzbuzují jeho důvěru; jeho přítelkyně Stacey má podezření, že místní obyvatelé vědí víc, než přiznávají. Když Stacey sama zmizí, pátrání se stává osobní záležitostí. V roce 1919, v rozpálené Kalkatě, se kapitán Sam Wyndham, bývalý policista ze Scotland Yardu, potýká s brutální vraždou, která má politické pozadí. Spolu se svým asistentem se ocitá v centru rasového napětí, kde musí jednat opatrně.