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The Frangipani Tree Mystery
Ovidia Yu
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Description for The Frangipani Tree Mystery
Paperback. From one of Singapore's favourite authors, a fresh new series set in Singapore before the fall. Series: Crown Colony. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
First in a delightfully charming crime series set in 1930s Singapore, introducing amateur sleuth Su Lin, 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 Su Lin - an aspiring journalist trying to escape an arranged marriage - is invited to take her place. But then ... Read more
First in a delightfully charming crime series set in 1930s Singapore, introducing amateur sleuth Su Lin, 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 Su Lin - an aspiring journalist trying to escape an arranged marriage - is invited to take her place. But then ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Crown Colony
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472125200
SKU
V9781472125200
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About 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 ... Read more
Reviews for The Frangipani Tree Mystery
Charming murder mystery set in pre-WWII Singapore
The Straits Times
Yu has concocted a delightful vintage whodunit bubbling with charm and an infectious curiosity about human nature
Kirkus Reviews
The Frangipani Tree Mystery transports readers to 1930's Singapore, with compelling suspects, a page-turning plot, and an engaging, witty sleuth. Immersive and intriguing from the opening page ... Read more
The Straits Times
Yu has concocted a delightful vintage whodunit bubbling with charm and an infectious curiosity about human nature
Kirkus Reviews
The Frangipani Tree Mystery transports readers to 1930's Singapore, with compelling suspects, a page-turning plot, and an engaging, witty sleuth. Immersive and intriguing from the opening page ... Read more