In ‘The Pinnacle’, Abir Mukherjee swaps crime in colonial Calcutta for Bollywood thrills

Abir Mukherjee plots murders for a living, even if he is squeamish about blood. One of the most successful writers of crime fiction, he has spent the last decade on bestseller lists with a historical crime series, Wyndham and Banerjee, set in Calcutta. His new book, ‘The Pinnacle’, turns the whodunit — a closed-door mystery — into an adrenaline fest, almost Bollywood-esque romp.