death in the east Author:Abir Mukherjee 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 dead in her own room, locked from the inside, Wyndham vows to find the killer. But the case will cost him more than he ever imagined. — 1922, India. ... more » Leaving Calcutta, Captain Sam Wyndham heads for an ashram in the hills of Assam to conquer his opium addiction. But when he arrives, he sees a ghost from his life in London==a man he thought long dead and his prime suspect in Bessie's murder. Wyndham knows he must call his friend and colleague Sergeant Banerjee for help, because he is certain this figure from his past is here for revenge.« less