The Strangler Vine - M.J. Carter

Category: Historical Fiction, Mystery
Language: English
Keywords: Blake And Avery East India Company India

Written by M.J. Carter
Read by Alex Wyndham
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

I know this series was uploaded once before, but as far as I can tell, there are no longer any seeders. This is the first and (IMO) the best of the three books. If people want the others, I’ll upload them as well. They are all good, but this one is excellent. I hope you enjoy it.

About the book:

India, 1837: William Avery is a young soldier with few prospects except rotting away in campaigns in India; Jeremiah Blake is a secret political agent gone native, a genius at languages and disguises, disenchanted with the whole ethos of British rule, but who cannot resist the challenge of an unresolved mystery. What starts as a wild goose chase for this unlikely pair—trying to track down a missing writer who lifts the lid on Calcutta society—becomes very much more sinister as Blake and Avery get sucked into the mysterious Thuggee cult and its even more ominous suppression.

There are shades of Heart of Darkness, sly references to Conan Doyle, that bring brilliantly to life the India of the 1830s with its urban squalor, glamorous princely courts and bazaars, and the ambiguous presence of the British overlords—the officers of the East India Company—who have their own predatory ambitions beyond London’s oversight.