A Rising Man by Abir Mukherjee, a Book Review by Rebecca Moll

Entertaining, funny, a mix of humor and suspense wrapped up in a hotbed of culture and clash that is Calcutta. Abir Mukherjee mixes the plot with characters of class and color with one hand, while secretly plotting, weaving, and surprising you with the other. Surrender-not your eyes, your ears, for you will need your wits about you to stay the pace with A Rising Man.
If you enjoy British humor, the kind that laughs at and with them, have a taste for Indian flavor, and the desire to solve the crime, pull this winner off the shelves. Swifter than a rickshaw wallah, hotter than a Calcutta summer, this one's a keeper, old boy.