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The Burning Grounds
  • Published: 13 November 2025
  • ISBN: 9781529926576
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 384

The Burning Grounds

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18 Nov 2025
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13 Nov 2025
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13 Nov 2025
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13 Dec 2025
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When a man is found murdered in the Burning Ghats of Calcutta, Captain Sam Wyndham finds himself pulled into the dark and glamorous world of Indian Cinema. The Burning Grounds is the next instalment of the Wyndham and Banerjee series which has sold a quarter of a million copies.

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 patron of the arts, a man who was, by all accounts, beloved by all: so what was the motive for his murder? Despite being 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 Indian cinema.

Meanwhile Surendranath Banerjee, recently returned from Europe after three years spent running from the fallout of his last case, is searching for a missing photographer; a trailblazing woman at the forefront of the profession. When Suren discovers that the vanished woman is linked to Sam's murder investigation, the two men find themselves working together once again - but will Wyndham and Banerjee be able to put their differences aside to solve the case?

From the critically-acclaimed author of HUNTED comes the next instalment in the popular Wyndham and Banerjee series.
  • Published: 13 November 2025
  • ISBN: 9781529926576
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 384
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About the author

Abir Mukherjee

Abir Mukherjee is the bestselling author of the award-winning Wyndham & Banerjee series of crime novels set in Raj-era India. He has won the CWA Historical Dagger and the Wilbur Smith Award for Adventure Writing, and has been shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger, and HWA Gold Crown. His novels, A Rising Man and Smoke and Ashes were both selected as Waterstones Thriller of the Month. Smoke and Ashes was also chosen as one of The Times’ Best Crime and Thrillers since 1945. Abir grew up in Scotland and now lives in Surrey with his wife and two sons.

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Also by Abir Mukherjee

Hunted
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Death in the East
Smoke and Ashes
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Praise for The Burning Grounds

An utterly spellbinding triumph from a master storyteller.

Joseph O’Connor

I really enjoyed it. It was great to be back in the world of Wyndham and Banerjee as they solved a wonderfully imagined story told with all of Abir’s trademark wry humour. I especially liked the way he brought all of Kolkata’s satanic majesty to life.

Ajay Chowdhury

I devoured it... Thrilling, evocative and amusing. It’s a book that has everything

Imran Mahmood

Mukherjee’s tale from the Rag, full of local colour and excitement, is about blood, money and "the callousness of the universe"… Historical crime fiction at its best

The Times

Another gloriously brilliant deep dive into the dying days of the British Empire from one of our foremost historical crime writers

Daily Mirror

Another masterful Wyndham and Banerjee series, delivered with the usual panache

Financial Times

Sharp observation and ­stylish writing make it one not to miss

Daily Mail

Throw in a beautiful English actress starring in an Indian film and you have the ingredients of a superb story set against the backdrop of colonial India . Sharp observation and stylish writing make it one not to miss

Daily Mail

Mukherjee's eye for period detail and ear for dialogue bring this world vividly, dangerously alive

i Paper

Mukherjee blends compelling plot with fascinating history

Mail on Sunday

Another gloriously brilliant deep dive into the dying days of the British Empire from one of our foremost historical crime writers

Daily Express
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