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The Pinnacle

By: Abir Mukherjee
Narrated by: Deepak Verma
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Summary

YOUR WIFE HAS BEEN MURDERED. EVERYONE THINKS YOU DID IT.

High up in Mumbai’s most luxurious skyscraper, the Pinnacle, George Abercrombie wakes from a drunken stupor to find his wife, Bollywood superstar Sweety Sahota, murdered in their bedroom.

He knows he will be the prime suspect.

Sweety’s phone has disappeared. Her laptop has vanished. And George can't remember what happened.

A devoted assistant is hiding a dangerous secret.

A trusted servant disappears.

A neighbour knows more than she's saying.

As George scrambles to piece together the night, with 1.4 billion people wanting him dead, somewhere inside the Pinnacle, someone has a killer secret . . .

CAN GEORGE FIND THE KILLER BEFORE HIS TIME RUNS OUT?

HIGH RISE. HIGH STAKES. THE PINNACLE IS THE THRILLER OF THE YEAR.

‘Dark, funny, shocking…easily his best book yet’ Janice Hallett
'A writer at the very top of his game’ Mark Billingham
'A deliciously twisting plot’ Lucy Foley
‘Fast-paced, funny, yet dark as hell’ Harriet Tyce
‘Delivers a truly satisfying ending’ Jane Casey

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Critic reviews

Laced with dry humour and social commentary, this is a tense, fast-paced tale of class, power and corruption
Another slick, satirical thriller with an acute social eye
A wild exploration of lavishly opulent world where everyone is hiding something and scheming to take advantage of others
There could not be a more appropriate title for this towering thriller from a writer at the very top of his game
The Pinnacle shows Abir Mukherjee moving effortlessly into the top class of thriller writers … with fascinating insights into the life of the very rich - and very poor - in Mumbai. It’s also very funny’
A deliciously twisting plot, vividly realised sense of place and scalpel-sharp satire . . . Wildly entertaining and gripping’
Proper edge-of-seat tension . . . Fast-paced, funny, yet dark as hell, it’s a compelling read
Prepare to be blown away by The Pinnacle . . . a thrilling plot that thunders along on a tidal wave of wit and action. Dark, funny, shocking, it’s easily his best book yet.
Abir Mukherjee scales new heights. Only Murders in the Building meets White Tiger. Funny and charming, but with bite. Abir's books are always so pacy, absorbing and entertaining that we don't notice that he's subtly teaching us something. I'm very glad he is
The Pinnacle is a superbly realised, expertly plotted murder mystery that drew me into its mad Mumbai world from the first page. Abir Mukherjee is so good at making you care about his characters as they plunge ever deeper into disaster. The Pinnacle is brilliantly entertaining - fast paced, funny and clever - and it delivers a truly satisfying ending. A real treat
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Mukherjee has bounced forward in time to the present day and the action's happening in another part of India but there's all the same skilful murder mystery writing and the same strong characterisation and sense of place that Wyndham & Banerjee fans would expect. Great listen, well narrated; I whizzed through it.

Modern Mumbai Murder Mystery

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Most enjoyable book with unexpected twists and an excellent narrator. I am so glad that this was available in audibles. Highly recommend.

What a story!

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It wasn’t an uninteresting narrative but it was totally ruined by all the swearing. As a great fan of his other books I was so disappointed. I always believed people as articulate as Abir Mukerjee should never need to resort to bad language to express themselves.

Without all the swearing it would be half as long.

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I loved this book and the narration was wonderful. Every character beautifully drawn and captured the wit and humour in the dialogue

A great story and huge fun

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I have this as a physical book too. I prefer it as an audiobook. The voice actor brought a sense of place and fixed the cultural atmosphere for me in a way that reading didn't achieve because I had no frame of reference as a white Welsh woman.
The characters were engaging. I didn't like any of them but I was captivated by the puzzle of the murder mystery and enjoyed how the different threads of the narrative were woven together.
There were amusing moments and I think it would make a great movie. Obviously I have an actor in mind for the world weary George!

excellent audiobook kept me entertained.

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