Abir Mukherjee The Burning Grounds review and information of the content of the novel and thriller by the British-Indian author. Pegasus Books will publish the second Abir Mukherjee novel about Calcutta in the 1920s, on November 4, 2025. Here you can read information about the content of the novel, the author and the publication.
Abir Mukherjee The Burning Grounds review
- “”A brilliantly conceived murder mystery set amidst political and social turmoil. Beautifully crafted.” (C.J. Samsom)
- “The flamboyant evocation of 1920s Calcutta make this a mesmerising read.” (Guardian)
- “In this follow-up to The Shadows of Men, Mukherjee subtly recaps key events from previous novels so that even new readers can step in and be up to speed. The gritty, noirish tone of Sam’s POV chapters adds to the book’s intensity and is supported by well-crafted descriptions of life in 1920s Calcutta. Anyone who enjoys period mysteries should give this series a try.” (Library Journal)
- “With writing as striking as its plot twists, Abir Mukherjee’s sixth Wyndham & Banerjee historical mystery is an intoxicating brew. With a cracking double mystery plot, The Burning Grounds demonstrates why CWA Dagger Award-winner and twice Edgar-nominated author Abir Mukherjee is an international bestseller and critical favorite.” (BookPage)
- “An utterly spellbinding triumph from a master storyteller.” (Joseph O’Connor)
The Burning Grounds
- Author: Abir Mukherjee (United Kingdom)
- Book type: historical novel and thriller about Calcutta
- Publisher: Pegasus Books
- Released: November 4, 2025
- Length: 384 pages
- Format: hardcover/ ebook
- Prize: $ 28.95 / $ 18.99
- Order book from: Amazon / Bol
Blurb of the novel by Abir Mukherjee
Award-winning crime novelist Abir Mukherjee returns to his brilliant mystery series set in late-1920s Calcutta, as Sam Wyndham and Surendranath Banerjee must reunite to solve a high profile murder and disappearance.
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 philanthropist and patron of the arts. A man, who was, by all accounts, beloved by all. So what could possibly be the motive for murder? Though 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 cinema when his investigation leads him to a film the victim was funding.
Meanwhile Sam’s former colleague, Surendranath Banerjee, recently returned from Europe after three years running from the fallout of his last case, is searching for a vanished photographer, one of the first women in the profession. When he discovers the missing woman is somehow linked to Sam’s murder investigation, the two men are forced to work together once again—but will Wyndham and Banerjee be able to put their differences aside to solve the case?
Abir Mukherjee grew up in Scotland. He has spent the last twenty years working in finance.A Rising Man, his debut novel, won the Harvill Secker/Daily Telegraph crime writing competition and is the first in a new series starring Captain Sam Wyndham and ‘Surrender-Not’ Banerjee. Abir is married with two small children and lives in London.