The Crime Writers’ Association

John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger 2014

Shortlisted


M J Carter

The Strangler Vine

Published by: Penguin Fig Tree

A fatal clash of cultures in this fast-moving narrative set in Victorian India at the time the East India Company held sway, supported by the power of the British Army. A naive young lieutenant sets out with a cynical, disillusioned agent and two Indian aides on a quest to find a missing writer, into the heart of Thuggee territory. This book is both a page-turning thriller and a meticulously researched and compelling narrative of deception, greed and betrayal.

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