Amit RoyAbir Mukherjee and the cover of his book A Rising ManLondon: UK-born Abir Mukherjee's debut thriller set in Calcutta in 1919, A Rising Man, has been shortlisted for a prestigious crime-writing prize. He is one of six authors selected from a longlist of 18 for the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award, which is sponsored by T&R Theakston, a brewery in the market town of Masham, North Yorkshire. News of Abir's nomination comes as he is about to release his third novel, Smoke and Ashes. Abir's new tale, Smoke and Ashes, is set in 1921 - two years on from when his debut novel opened. The latter is patrician, Cambridge educated and socially a cut above his boss, who has arrived from the UK to join the Calcutta police.

Source: The Telegraph May 26, 2018 20:59 UTC