Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Season of the Monsoon | 1993 | Paul Mann | Buy |
| 2 | The Ganja Coast | 1995 | Paul Mann | Buy |
| 3 | The Burning Ghats | 1996 | Paul Mann | Buy |
The George Sansi series by Paul Mann follows an Anglo-Indian detective through three crime novels set in India during the 1990s. George Sansi is half-English, half-Indian, a former police inspector who works cases across Bombay and beyond. His outsider status in both the British and Indian worlds makes him a sharp observer of the corruption, politics, and violence he encounters.
Season of the Monsoon, the first book, was published in 1993 and earned a spot on the New York Times Notable Books list. The New York Times Book Review called the series “bold and seductive” when The Ganja Coast followed in 1995. The Burning Ghats wrapped up the trilogy in 1996 with a story of political intrigue and corporate greed. Mann drew on his own years of travel and journalism across Asia and the Pacific to build a convincing, lived-in portrait of modern India. The three books can be read in any order, though they follow a loose chronological progression through Sansi’s career.