The Frangipani tree mystery
First in a delightfully charming crime series set in 1930s Singapore, introducing amateur sleuth SuLin, a local girl stepping in as governess for the Acting Governor of Singapore.
| Main Author: | Yu, Ovidia, 1961- |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Published: |
London :
Constable & Robinson,
2018.
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| Series: |
Crown colony ;
1 |
| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
First in a delightfully charming crime series set in 1930s Singapore, introducing amateur sleuth SuLin, a local girl stepping in as governess for the Acting Governor of Singapore. 1936 in the Crown Colony of Singapore, and the British abdication crisis and rising Japanese threat seem very far away. When the Irish nanny looking after Acting Governor Palin's daughter dies suddenly--and in mysterious circumstances--mission school-educated local girl SuLin--an aspiring journalist trying to escape an arranged marriage--is invited to take her place. But then another murder at the residence occurs and it seems very likely that a killer is stalking the corridors of Government House. It now takes all SuLin's traditional skills and intelligence to help British-born Chief Inspector Thomas LeFroy solve the murders--and escape with her own life. |
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| Physical Description: |
313 pages |
| ISBN: |
9781472125200 1472125207 |
| Author Notes: |
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. |