pgchuis 's review for:

A Rising Man by Abir Mukherjee
5.0

A police procedural set in Calcutta in 1919, this was excellent. It had a likeable protagonist, Sam, a white transfer from Scotland Yard and Special Branch, and his side kick Surrender-not, a Brahmin educated at Cambridge, and returned home. The tone was light and amusing for the most part, but also thoughtful about politics and India and Empire and relationships between the races.

Highly recommended.