This is a superbly
written novel and a great read. If you are looking for a good healthy dose of
crime with no grisly details witheld, look no further. If you are familiar with
Jo Nesbø or Michael Connelly, you will find the same expert craftmanship and complex
plot twists here.
Living as he does in Signapore, Jake Needham
is well suited to provide a good location for the story which takes place in
Singapore and Bangkok. You can feel the heat and humidity of Asia rising from
the pages as he describes the architecture, people and culture of Signapore and
Thailand. The story starts off with the discovery of a woman’s body on a bed in
an empty suite in the Marriott Hotel. The second body is discovered in
Bangkok, in a seedy apartment close to the American embassy. Both are
American women and both have been beaten viciously and shot in the head, their
bodies stripped naked and crudely displayed. Yet noone is really sure who or
what is behind the killings whether it is international terrorism or the work
of a serial killer. Inspector Samuel Tay of Singapore CID is the person assigned
to the case because he is the best but Tay soon finds himself in a case that
nobody seems to want him to solve , not even his superiors!
This novel is face paced, engaging and
an enjoyable read. I did find the main character a bit on the dull side
sometimes. Such an unseemingly split character, so apparantly cheerless and
drab on one side and yet a woman magnet, wealthy and loved by everyone on the
other. But enjoyable is the key word here and this book delivers loads of it.
4 and a half stars out of 5
Reviewed by Roger Gerald Scott, award winning published author, also published onhttp://dlhbookreviews.wordpress.com/
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