Smoke and Ashes

Description:

India, 1921. Haunted by his memories of World War I, Captain Sam Wyndham is battling a serious addiction to opium that he must keep secret from his superiors in the Calcutta police force. When Sam is summoned to investigate a grisly murder, he is stunned at the sight of the body: he's seen this before. Last night, in a drug addled haze, he stumbled across a corpse with the same ritualistic injuries. It seems like there's a deranged killer on the loose. Unfortunately for Sam, the corpse was in an opium den--and revealing his presence there could cost him his career. With the aid of his quick-witted Indian Sergeant, Surrender-Not Banerjee, Sam must try to solve the two murders, all the while keeping his personal demons secret, before somebody else turns up dead.

subjects: Fiction, mystery & detective, historical,  India, fiction,  Fiction, mystery & detective, general,  India, history, british occupation, 1765-1947, fiction,  Murder,  Investigation,  Fiction,  British,  History,  Homicide,  British Occupation of India (1765-1947) fast (OCoLC)fst01352145 (uri) http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01352145