The winner of the Harvill Secker/}Daily Telegraph{ crime writing competition, this is the first instalment in an enticing new historical crime series India, 1919. Desperate for a fresh start, Captain Sam Wyndham arrives to take up an important post in Calcutta's police force. He is soon called to the scene of a horrifying murder. The victim was a senior official, and a note in his mouth warns the British to leave India - or else.
