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(2010, Inspector Singh #4)
(2010, Inspector Singh #3)
A good mystery, as usual for this series, and Inspector Singh is his usual frank, funny self. My favorite turbanned detective has a new sidekick here--one with potential. I hope we see more of him. Singapore's social mores are fascinating--and strange to an American.
Singh's bosses are all a-twitter when the managing director of an expat-led law firm is murdered at his desk.My favorite in the series, so far. Chhean, Singh's Cambodian translator, is a fabulous character--as frank, funny and determined as the Inspector. Each suspect has a story that takes us to a different part of the Cambodian nightmare. It's a fascinating and ultimately hopeful story.
Someone is killing key witnesses in the trial of a former Khmer Rouge leader. . . Excerpts from Reviews
"Flint’s ability to weave in the local [makes her different from other mystery writers]. She tempers the suspense and sheer horror of the crimes committed with keen and quirky observations about the world in which her characters reside. Her social commentary, whether about race relations, whether about marital life, is so subtly subversive that it is nothing short of brilliant."
—Umapagan Ampikaipakan, New Straits Times
"Singh is a marvellous character, and the other characters are well drawn. Team this with a good story and an evocative description of Bali, and you’ve got a book that’s well worth your time."
—Jules Jones
"It's impossible not to warm to the portly, sweating, dishevelled, wheezing Inspector Singh from the start of this delightful debut novel.. . . .Flint's thoughtful and compassionate exploration of racial and religious tensions is thoroughly compelling."
— Laura Wilson, The Guardian
In Quest for Justice, Detective Stops for Nothing
Except Curry, Cigarettes, Beer, Sometimes Nap
The Inspector Singh Investigates Series by Shamini Flint
Highly recommended for fans of Colin Cotterill, John Burdett, Louise Penny, Tarquin Hall and all witty police procedurals.
Highly entertaining and enlightening especially regarding the racially and religiously complex Malaysian culture.
The more Singh investigates, the more guilty the beautiful suspect on death row seems. . .(2010, Inspector Singh #1)
A good mystery and a great upstairs/ downstairs look at life in the tourist mecca of SE Asia. Plus, a great sidekick.
A skull fragment complete with bullet hole is discovered at the scene of a terrorist attack, sparking a murder investigation.(2011, Inspector Singh #2)
WHO IS INSPECTOR SINGH?
A Sneaker-Shod Sikh Seeking Suspects in SE Asia
SE ASIA - Singapore's Inspector Singh knows what he likes—curry, cold beer, cigarettes, white sneakers, his wife's cooking—and what he doesn't like: his bosses, exercise, the dentist, his wife's relatives.
But what he loves, what he lives for, is catching killers.Neither his wife nor his bosses in the police department understand (or respect) his passion for putting killers away. After all, they think, murder is messy and the rich and righteous are rarely victims. Singh, something of a mess himself, marches on, undeterred. So far, Singh has investigated murders in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Cambodia. (His bosses take every opportunity to get him out of town.) One of the great charms of this series is that the reader gets to watch Singh learn about each new country—a process which is enlightening and amusing. Singh is one of those characters who is blessed with the ability to laugh at himself and at the absurdities life regularly throws in his path.
