Inspector Singh Investigates: A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder (Inspector Singh Investigates 1)
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"Inspector Singh is in a bad mood. He's been sent from his home in Singapore to Kuala Lumpur to solve a murder that has him stumped. Chelsea Liew - the famous Singaporean model - is on death row for the murder of her ex-husband. She swears she didn't do it, he thinks she didn't do it, but no matter how hard he tries to get to the bottom of things, he still arrives back wehere he started - that Chelsea's husband was shot at point blank range and that Chelsea had the best motive to pull the trigger: he was taking her kids away from her.
Now Inspector Singh must pull out all the stops to crack a crime that could potentially free a beautiful and innocent woman and reuntie a mother with her children. There's just one problem - the Malaysian police refuse to play ball .......".
My DH picked this up in the telephone box library at Westbury as he thought it sounded interesting.
This is a wonderfully gentle mystery reminiscent of Alexander McCall Smith's Ladies Detective Agency series. Again, we have an unlikely 'detective' and a slow, gently unfolding story line. However, Inspector Singh is out of his comfort zone in another city and is much more up to date with the world than Mme. Ramotswe. There is not enough descriptive passages to gain much impression of Kuala Lumpur itself in this book and the story line jumps countries, again with not enough description, for my understanding of the 'local' situations. This does not take away from the story line though as that basically centres on family matters and relationships within a complex and fueding family ~ mainly husband / wife; brother / brother; father / son; mother / siblings. These are well described and form the real backbone of the story.
The answers to the murder are played out skillfully with some very twisted (and somewhat unbelievable in cases) red herrings along the way and the conclusion to the lives of the main characters are rather generous.
All in all, a delighful read which was very enjoyable though not demanding. I shall look out for the two following books in the Inspector Singh series (second in Bali and third in Singapore).
Hope you enjoy this new (to us) author as much as we did.
Released 13 yrs ago (5/12/2010 UTC) at
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Hope you enjoy this new (to us) author as much as we did.
Many thanks Flutterbies9 for sending me this, apologies for forgetting to make a journal entry on it in May during my preparatory organising scramble in the lead up to my BIG holiday in June. As discussed with you, I have picked out a destination for this….
Where to next? Mmmm, I have a couple of chums who may love this, I asked but so far no hands went up requesting it so I’ll take it travelling!
Released 13 yrs ago (8/17/2010 UTC) at Belmont Cinema Cafe in Aberdeen, Scotland United Kingdom
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I am looking forward to reading this book.
This book entertained me during a 4 hours trip in a crowded train today.
Interesting twist, but the story seemed a bit "constructed", I didn't really warm to any of the protagonists. The book will travel to the German UnConvention in October.
Released 13 yrs ago (10/22/2010 UTC) at ruhrCrossing2010 in Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
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Probably one topic to much in this book. Or two?? And the author is a lawyer, which explains the art of writing and the fact that I also couldn't relate to the acting persons. But a nice insight into the countries, if a small one.
Released 13 yrs ago (3/12/2011 UTC) at Meetup Frankfurt in Frankfurt am Main, Hessen Germany
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Released 12 yrs ago (5/30/2011 UTC) at Bücherbaum im Clara-Zetkin-Park in Leipzig, Sachsen Germany
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1. Station meiner Mini-BC-Tourist-Release-Tour durchs Neuseenland und Leipzig. Und ich war neugierig auf den Bücherbaum im Clara-Zetkin-Park.
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Released 10 yrs ago (5/23/2013 UTC) at Bücherbaum im Clara-Zetkin-Park in Leipzig, Sachsen Germany
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