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Stap in de levendige maar gevaarlijke wereld van Singapore in de jaren 30 in deze boeiende misdaadserie. Volg een intelligente jonge vrouw die, terwijl ze als gouvernante voor de waarnemend gouverneur werkt, verstrikt raakt in het oplossen van verwarrende mysteries. Ze navigeert door een landschap van koloniale intriges, sociale complexiteiten en verborgen gevaren om de waarheid te ontdekken.

The Mimosa Tree Mystery
The Frangipani Tree Mystery
The Paper Bark Tree Mystery
The Betel Nut Tree Mystery

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    The Frangipani Tree Mystery

    3,7(204)Tarief

    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 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 Su Lin's traditional skills and intelligence to help British-born Chief Inspector Thomas LeFroy solve the murders - and escape with her own life.

    The Frangipani Tree Mystery
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    The Paper Bark Tree Mystery

    • 336bladzijden
    • 12 uur lezen
    3,9(75)Tarief

    Su Lin is doing her dream job: assistant at Singapore's brand-new detective agency. Until Bald Bernie decides a local girl can't be trusted with private investigations, and replaces her with a new secretary--pretty, privileged, and white. So Su Lin's not the only person finding it hard to mourn Bernie after he's found dead in the filing room.room.

    The Paper Bark Tree Mystery
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    The Mimosa Tree Mystery

    • 320bladzijden
    • 12 uur lezen
    3,9(317)Tarief

    "Mirza, a secretive neighbour of the Chens in Japanese Occupied Singapore, is a known collaborator and blackmailer. So when he is murdered in his garden, clutching a branch of mimosa, the suspects include local acquaintances, Japanese officials - and hisown daughters. Su Lin's Uncle Chen is among those rounded up by the Japanese as reprisal. Hideki Tagawa, a former spy expelled by police officer Le Froy and a power in the new regime, offers Su Lin her uncle's life in exchange for using her fluency in languages and knowledge of locals to find the real killer. Su Lin soon discovers Hideki has an ulterior motive. Friends, enemies and even the victim are not what they seem. There is more at stake here than one man's life. Su Lin must find out who killed Mirza and why, before Le Froy and other former colleagues detained or working with the resistance suffer the consequences of Mirza's last secret."-- Provided by publisher

    The Mimosa Tree Mystery