For Adults
Thursday 23 April is World Book Night and we didn’t want to let the fact that we aren’t able to distribute physical books this year get between you and a good book!
We are giving 50 people the opportunity to win an ebook of Abir Mukherjee’s award-winning historical mystery A Rising Man, one of the titles selected for WBN 2020, via Netgalley.
Here’s some more information about the book…
’ One of the most exciting debut novels I’ve read in years ’
Val McDermid
India, 1919. Desperate for a fresh start, Captain Sam Wyndham arrives to take up an important post in Calcutta’s police force.
He is soon called to the scene of a horrifying murder. The victim was a senior official, and a note left in his mouth warns the British to leave India – or else.
With the stability of the Empire under threat, Wyndham and Sergeant ‘Surrender-not’ Banerjee must solve the case quickly. But there are some who will do anything to stop them…
WINNER OF THE CWA ENDEAVOUR HISTORICAL DAGGER
‘A thought-provoking rollercoaster’
Ian Rankin
‘Highly entertaining…set in a Calcutta so convincingly evoked that readers will find sweat bursting from their foreheads’
Daily Telegraph
Please note that you will need to have access to an ereader to be able to claim your free ebook via Netgalley
