When Bollywood's sweetheart is found murdered in Mumbai's most exclusive apartment complex - The Pinnacle - her American husband becomes the prime suspect. But someone in that building knows he's innocent... because they're guilty Every floor has its secrets. Washed-up American heart-throb George Abercrombie hates India, even from the rarified heights of his apartment on the 68th floor of the Pinnacle, Mumbai's grandest luxury skyscraper. He hates the noise, he hates the heat and maybe he's even grown to hate his much younger wife, the newest queen of Bollywood, Sweety Sahota. When George wakes from a drunken stupor to find Sweety murdered in their bedroom, he knows he will be the prime suspect. But where is her computer, her phone - and where has his personal assistant gone? As George scrambles to piece together the night, others in the building are covering their tracks. Sweety's assistant must find who is blackmailing her, and a servant who knows too much goes on the run. Welcome to the Pinnacle. A place where murder meets luxury and the world's most privileged depend on the most desperate. From the winner of the 2025 British Book Awards Thriller of the Year comes a pulse-pounding new novel, set in a world of lavish opulence where someone is always watching, because everyone is hiding something.

Details

ISBN13: 9781787302754
Format: Paperback / softback
Number of Pages: 432
Edition:
Publication Date: 23 Jun 2026
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Publication City, Country: United Kingdom
Dimensions (cm): 23.3(H)x15.3(L)x3.4(W)516
Weight (gm): 516

Author Biography

Abir Mukherjee is the bestselling author of the award-winning Wyndham & Banerjee series of crime novels set in Raj-era India. He has won the CWA Historical Dagger and the Wilbur Smith Award for Adventure Writing, and has been shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger, and HWA Gold Crown. His novels, A Rising Man and Smoke and Ashes were both selected as Waterstones Thriller of the Month. Smoke and Ashes was also chosen as one of The Times' Best Crime and Thrillers since 1945. Abir grew up in Scotland and now lives in Surrey with his wife and two sons.

Reviews

Laced with dry humour and social commentary, this is a tense, fast-paced tale of class, power and corruption * Guardian *
Another slick, satirical thriller with an acute social eye * i Newspaper *
A wild exploration of lavishly opulent world where everyone is hiding something and scheming to take advantage of others * Sunday Mirror *
There could not be a more appropriate title for this towering thriller from a writer at the very top of his game * Mark Billingham *
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’ * Mick Herron *
A deliciously twisting plot, vividly realised sense of place and scalpel-sharp satire . . . Wildly entertaining and gripping’ * Lucy Foley *
Proper edge-of-seat tension . . . Fast-paced, funny, yet dark as hell, it’s a compelling read * Harriet Tyce *
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. * Janice Hallett *
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 * Anna Mazzola *
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 * Jane Casey *