Murder mysteries and detective fiction are some of our favorite genres when it comes to fiction and so books falling into this class are always on our reading list. One of the contemporary writers we like is Abir Mukherjee and we have reviewed his Sam Wyndham and Surendranath Banerjee series here: A Rising Man A Necessary Evil Smoke and Ashes ... Read More »
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Smoke and Ashes by Abir Mukherjee | Book Review
The genre of crime fiction is plentiful when you look at the number of books published worldwide in any given year. And so it is with many authors that they create a series of stories featuring the same characters once the readers have bonded with those, whether it is Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, Byomkesh Bakshi, Feluda or countless other such ... Read More »
A Necessary Evil by Abir Mukherjee | Book Review
We introduced Abir Mukherjee and his ex-Scotland yard detective Sam Wyndham in our review post on his first book A Rising Man. We enjoyed this murder – mystery set in Calcutta of post-“World War I” years, when it was the centre of British Raj in India. Book Title : A Necessary Evil Sam Wyndham Book 2 Author : Abir Mukherjee ... Read More »
A Rising Man by Abir Mukherjee | Book Review
As the world has shrunk with modern, convenient means of travelling and communication, it has become the melting pot that started its journey with the severe clash of culture the colonization by Europeans started. There is a lot to be said about the evils of slavery and loss of independence and cultural heritage for numerous countries of the world under ... Read More »