The Crime Writers’ Association

Historical Dagger 2018

Shortlisted


Abir Mukherjee

A Necessary Evil

Published by: Harvill Secker

The follow-up to last year’s Historical Dagger winner, A Rising Man, sees Captain Sam Wyndham and Sergeant “Surrender-Not” Banerjee investigate the assassination of the heir to the throne of the diamond-rich kingdom of Sambalpore.

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