num_pages: 384
description: 1905 London. As a young constable Sam Wyndham is on his usual East London beat when he comes across an old flame Bessie Drummond attacked in the streets. The next day when Bessie is found brutally beaten in her own room locked from the inside Wyndham promises to get to the bottom of her murder. But the case will cost the young constable more than he ever imagined.1922 India. Leaving Calcutta Captain Sam Wyndham heads for the hills of Assam to the ashram of a sainted monk where he hopes to conquer his opium addiction. But when he arrives he sees a ghost from his life in London  a man thought to be long dead a man Wyndham hoped he would never see again.Wyndham knows he must call his friend and colleague Sergeant Banerjee for help. He is certain this figure from his past isnt here by coincidence. He is here for revenge . . .
language: English
title: Death in the East
publisher: Harvill Secker