The Ambassador's Wife (The Inspector Tay Novels) (Volume 1)
Language: English
Published by Half Penny Ltd, 2015
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- Title
- The Ambassador's Wife (The Inspector Tay Novels) (Volume 1)
- Author
- Needham, Jake
- Publisher
- Half Penny Ltd
- Publication year
- 2015
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 6167611246
- ISBN 13
- 9786167611242
- Series
- Book 1 of 9: THE INSPECTOR SAMUEL TAY NOVELS
The wife of the American ambassador has been murdered and her body posed in a hotel room in a grotesque sexual display.
The FBI says terrorists are responsible, but the whispers on the street tell a different story. The whispers say that a serial killer is stalking prominent American women in Asia, and that the ambassador's wife won't be the only victim.
Tay's bosses don't like the idea of putting such a high-profile case in his hands, but botching the investigation would mean an international black eye for Singapore and Tay is the best they've got.
The Americans don't want Tay involved either. They want him to leave the case to them, but he's not going to do that. It's a Singapore murder, and finding killers in Singapore is what he does. Besides, the Americans don't appear to him to be all that interested in solving anything.
Don't they want him to find the woman's killer? Tay wonders.
Or am I the only one here who doesn't already know who it is?
"IF THERE IS A LIVING WRITER WHOSE WORK MAKES ME THINK OF THE GREAT RAYMOND CHANDLER, IT'S JAKE NEEDHAM" – James David Audlin
“I FELL IN LOVE WITH INSPECTOR SAMUEL TAY FROM THE VERY FIRST PAGE. BRAVO!" - James Lawler, former member of CIA's Senior Intelligence Service and author of LIVING LIES and IN THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE
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Review
"Asia's most stylish and atmospheric writer of crime fiction." --The Straits Times (Singapore)
"Jake Needham...has a knack for bringing intricate plots to life. His stories blur the line between fact and fiction and have a 'ripped from the headlines' feel. The level of detail astounds, giving the story an authenticity that could only come from someone who has intimate familiarity with such things. Buckle up and enjoy the ride." --CNNgo.com
"Although it might seem unlikely that government agencies would engage in such brazen corruption in real life, the truth is they already have... Mr. Needham seems to know rather more than one ought about these things." --The Wall Street Journal Asia
"Obtaining books from regional publishers has its difficulties, but in the case of THE AMBASSADOR'S WIFE, it will be well worth the effort. This is an absorbing, believable portrayal of a veteran homicide cop in Singapore." --The Japan Times
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