A review by tammyaz
A Rising Man by Abir Mukherjee

4.0

A promising start to a new series. Set in Calcutta in 1919, this book is look at a long-gone place and era. Sam Wyndham, the protagonist, is a World War I vet who lost his wife in the 1918 influenza epidemic. He's in India because he has nothing left in England. While the mystery is decent, the best part of this book is the author's depiction of Calcutta - the heat, the corruption, and best of all the British Empire itself. Seeing that presented and looking at it through a current eye is very eye opening. Looking forward to reading the next books in this series.