Published April 19, 2021, 1:57 PM
The four novels today come from all points of the globe. From India to the UK, and from North America to South Korea. What unites these four novels, is the impeccable quality of the writing, no matter how different their genres are.
‘Death in the East’ by Abir Mukherge
A double-locked room mystery, the events of this entertaining detective mystery take place over two specific time periods. One is in 1905, as our main protagonist, Detective Sam Wyndham, is a fresh constable in East End London; and then in 1922 Assam, India, where the same Wyndham is a Calcutta detective, assisted by the quick-witted “Surrender-Not” Banerjee. Wyndham is at an Assam ashram hoping to be cured of his opium addiction, when he stumbles upon an old London acquaintance he had presumed dead or at the very least, disappeared off the face of the earth and then is entwined in a new, potential murder case.