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Crime & mystery, Historical fiction
Continuation of the Su Lin series, award-nominated historical crime fiction set in 1940s Singapore, in the aftermath of WWII
'Throughout these books my love of Singapore and Malaya grows with joy. So entertaining' - Amazon reviewer, ?????
'A classic in the making' - Amazon reviewer, ?????
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'Til death do us part...
Singapore, 1947. Newlyweds Su Lin and Le Froy are in the Cameron Highlands, an idyllic pocket of countryside on the tropical Malay Peninsula. But this is no honeymoon ... Le Froy is on a protection assignment for powerful businessman Max Moreno and his wife Elfrieda, whose associates have been brutally murdered.
But the hideaway cannot protect the Morenos from vicious threats and ghostly sightings, and when Elfrieda vanishes with a stash of precious emeralds, Su Lin and Le Froy fear the worst. The only clue to Elfrieda's disappearance is rotting fruit from a rose apple tree, piled outside her lodge.
When monsoon floods make escape from the Highlands impossible, Su Lin is determined to find Elfrieda with time to spare to get to know her new husband. But when Max's body is discovered surrounded by rose apples, passion turns to policing: Su Lin and Le Froy must work together try to prevent further deaths, including their own.
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Readers and reviewers love The Rose Apple Tree Mystery!
'I enjoyed this book immensely. I'm so glad Su Lin and Le Froy got married. What a honeymoon!' - Amazon reviewer, ?????
'Love all her books . . . learning a little history while reading is a great benefit' - Amazon reviewer, ?????
'The sharpest exercise in decolonising fiction in Singapore's literary landscape. It is also, simply, really fun to read!' - Ong Sor Fern
Ovidia Yu
Ovidia Yu is one of Singapore's best-known and most acclaimed writers. She has had over thirty plays produced and is the author of a number of comic mysteries published in Singapore, India, Japan and America.
She received a Fulbright to the University of Iowa's International Writers Program and has been a writing fellow at the National University of Singapore and was awarded the S.E.A. Write Award for Singapore.
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