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varunob 's review for:
A Necessary Evil
by Abir Mukherjee
A Necessary Evil takes place outside the confines of the Raj – in the princely state of Sambalpore, whose crown prince Adhir – a friend of Surrender-Not’s – is assassinated in Calcutta when he is in town for a meeting of the Chamber of Princes.
Wyndham and Surrender-Not are charged with investigating the murder and they travel to Sambalpore to carry out their task, a move fraught with danger since the limbs of the Raj do not extend into princely states.
Mukherjee scores yet again on detailing, and the plot is unconventional but it ends up getting more than a little convoluted, which takes away from the book.
The bevvy of interesting characters rescues the slightly complicated proceedings, and one really has to hand it to Mukherjee for the seemingly effortless way in which he conducts his protagonists’ interactions with these people.
Wyndham and Surrender-Not are charged with investigating the murder and they travel to Sambalpore to carry out their task, a move fraught with danger since the limbs of the Raj do not extend into princely states.
Mukherjee scores yet again on detailing, and the plot is unconventional but it ends up getting more than a little convoluted, which takes away from the book.
The bevvy of interesting characters rescues the slightly complicated proceedings, and one really has to hand it to Mukherjee for the seemingly effortless way in which he conducts his protagonists’ interactions with these people.