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The Frangipani Tree Mystery (Crown Colony)
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The Frangipani Tree Mystery (Crown Colony) Paperback - 2019

by Yu, Ovidia

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  • Title The Frangipani Tree Mystery (Crown Colony)
  • Author Yu, Ovidia
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Paperback
  • Condition UsedAcceptable
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Constable & Robinson
  • Date 2019-01-29
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 531ZZZ02FGBG_ns
  • ISBN 9781472125200 / 1472125207
  • Weight 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.7 x 4.9 x 0.9 in (19.56 x 12.45 x 2.29 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Historical fiction, Singapore
  • Dewey Decimal Code 823.914

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From the rear cover

First in a delightful and charming crime series set in 1930s Singapore, introducing amateur sleuth Su Lin, a local girl who steps 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 mysteriously, 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 occurs at the residence 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.

'Charming and fascinating with great authentic feel. Ovidia Yu's teenage Chinese sleuth gives us an insight into a very different culture and time. This book is exactly why I love historical novels.'Rhys Bowen

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Citations

  • Booklist, 08/01/2018, Page 33
  • Kirkus Reviews, 07/01/2018, Page 0
  • Publishers Weekly, 07/30/2018, Page 0
  • Shelf Awareness, 09/28/2018, Page 0

About the author

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 University of Singapore.