Abir Mukherjee

Abir Mukherjee (born circa 1974) author best known for his crime novels. He wrote the Wyndham and Banerjee series set in the British Raj era in India.

Personal life Mukherjee's parents moved from Calcutta, India to the United Kingdom before he was born. He grew up in Scotland and now lives in Surrey, England with his wife Sonal and two sons.

Career Before beginning his writing career, Mukherjee was an accountant for 20 years. In 2013, at age 39, Mukherjee learned that Lee Child did not begin writing until age 40 and was inspired to begin writing himself.

In May 2024, Harvill Secker published Abir Mukherjee's first standalone thriller, Hunted, set during the final week of a toxic presidential campaign and which sees the parents of two political extremists trying to extricate their children from the violence set to occur.

Awards

Publications

Wyndham and Banerjee series

A Rising Man (2016) A Necessary Evil (2017) Smoke and Ashes (2018) Death in the East (2019) The Shadows of Men (2021) The Burning Grounds (2025)

Other novels

Hunted (2024) The Pinnacle (2026)