Inspector Singh Investigates: A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder by Shamini Flint - first published in Great Britain in 2009
I suppose the title should have made me aware that not all this book was set in Singapore! In fact only the very beginning and ending are set there. The rest of the story takes place around Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. Middle aged and overweight sikh police inspector Singh is sent to Malaysia to investigate the murder of businessman Alan Lee because the chief suspect - Mr Lee's wife Chelsea Liew - is a Singapore citizen. The book is an easy read but the story is engaging with several twists and it does touch on the important environmental issue of illegal logging of forests in Borneo and sharia law regarding the custody of children following divorce. It also gives an insight into everyday life and the culture of Malaysia and how it contrasts to its more prosperous but constrained neighbour, Singapore. 7/10
1st October 2011
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