Avec la Permission de Gandhi
- 384pages
- 14 heures de lecture
Abir Mukherjee crée des romans policiers historiques captivants qui transportent les lecteurs dans l'Inde de l'époque du Raj. Ses œuvres sont saluées pour leurs intrigues complexes et leurs portraits perspicaces des dynamiques sociales de l'époque. Mukherjee excelle à immerger le lecteur dans l'atmosphère de l'Inde coloniale, explorant les relations nuancées entre cultures et individus. Son travail est reconnu pour sa profondeur littéraire et sa narration captivante.






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
India, 1920. Captain Wyndham and Sergeant Banerjee of the Calcutta Police Force investigate the dramatic assassination of a Maharajah's son, in the sequel to A Rising Man. The fabulously wealthy kingdom of Sambalpore is home to tigers, elephants, diamond mines, and the beautiful Palace of the Sun. But when the heir to the throne is assassinated in the presence of Captain Sam Wyndham and Sergeant 'Surrender-Not' Banerjee, they discover a kingdom riven with suppressed conflict. Prince Adhir was a modernizer whose attitudes—and romantic relationships—may have upset the more religious elements of his country, while his brother—now in line to the throne—appears to be a feckless playboy. As Wyndham and Banerjee desperately try to unravel the mystery behind the assassination, they become entangled in a dangerous world where those in power live by their own rules—and those who cross their paths pay with their lives. They must find a murderer, before the murderer finds them . . .
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.
Selected as a Book of the Year 2016 in the Daily Telegraph The winner of the Harvill Secker/Daily Telegraph crime writing competition Captain Sam Wyndham, former Scotland Yard detective, is a new arrival to Calcutta. Desperately seeking a fresh start after his experiences during the Great War, Wyndham has been recruited to head up a new post in the police force. But with barely a moment to acclimatise to his new life or to deal with the ghosts which still haunt him, Wyndham is caught up in a murder investigation that will take him into the dark underbelly of the British Raj. A senior official has been murdered, and a note left in his mouth warns the British to quit India: or else. With rising political dissent and the stability of the Raj under threat, Wyndham and his two new colleagues – arrogant Inspector Digby and British-educated, but Indian-born Sergeant Banerjee, one of the few Indians to be recruited into the new CID – embark on an investigation that will take them from the luxurious parlours of wealthy British traders to the seedy opium dens of the city. The start of an atmospheric and enticing new historical crime series.
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?
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.