The Pinnacle

Description

When an over-the-hill American actor finds his wife, a rising star in Bollywood, dead in their Mumbai high-rise, he quickly becomes the prime suspect in this atmospheric, razor-sharp social mystery. Lucy Foley meets The White Lotus and perfect for fans of Age of Vice.

“A deliciously twisting plot, vividly realized sense of place, and scalpel-sharp satire.”―Lucy Foley

“A fascinating mystery and a scintillating social critique. Fresh and addictive!”―S. A. Cosby

Washed-up American heart throb George Abercrombie hates India, even from his apartment on the 68th floor of Mumbai’s grandest luxury skyscraper, the Pinnacle. He hates the noise, he hates the heat, and just maybe he’s grown to hate his wife, the newest queen of Bollywood, Sweety Sahota.

So when George wakes from a drunken stupor to find Sweety murdered in their bedroom, he knows just how badly he’s cooked. But where is Sweety’s computer? Or her cellphone? 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…

The Pinnacle is a dazzling and addictive thriller that’s three plots in one, set against a world of lavish opulence where someone is always watching–because everyone is hiding something.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Abir Mukherjee
Published: 07/07/2026
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
ISBN: 9780316607957
Large Print
Pages: 518
Weight: 1.41lbs
Size: 1.29″ H x 9.25″ L x 6.00″ W

About the Author
Abir Mukherjee is the Times (UK) bestselling author of Hunted, named the Thriller of the Year at the 2025 British Book Awards and the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year, as well as the Sam Wyndham series of crime novels set in Raj era India. His debut, A Rising Man, won the CWA Endeavour Dagger for best historical crime novel of 2017 and was nominated for the MWA Edgar for best novel. His second novel, A Necessary Evil, won the Wilbur Smith Award. His third novel, Smoke and Ashes, was chosen by the Sunday Times as one of the 100 Best Crime & Thriller Novels since 1945. Abir grew up in Scotland and now lives in London with his wife and two sons.