aydotjaydot 's review for:

A Rising Man by Abir Mukherjee

4.0

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I picked this up as it was in the "popular" fiction section of my library and it looked interesting. I'm not really a big fan of the mystery genre as a stand alone, so was cheerful to find this which is coupled with historical fiction. I was really impressed with the author's writing, both in terms of prose and the thought and research that was clearly put into the writing. More than anything, I appreciate how utterly human and complex he makes each character, even the ones you don't end up liking much. This is an absolutely excellent first novel and one I'm quite glad I picked up.