{"product_id":"9781408717004","title":"The Angsana Tree Mystery","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Ovidia Yu\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eSeries: Su Lin Series\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003e'One of Singapore's finest living authors' South\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  China Morning Post\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'Simply glorious. Every nook and cranny of 1930s Singapore is brought\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  richly to life' CATRIONA MCPHERSON\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'Charming' RHYS BOWEN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'One of the most likeable heroines in modern literature' SCOTSMAN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The next book in the Mystery Tree series, exploring Singapore after\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  the Japanese retreat and in the aftermath of WWII.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSingapore 1949When all the angsana trees on the island bloom at the same time it's a glorious fragrant display that lasts only one day... and the next morning Su Lin comes across an old friend laughing hysterically while holding her dead lover on the thick carpet of yellow flowers by the quarry pool that was their childhood haunt. She instantly realises her friend could not be the killer as she could not have sliced so cleanly through the man's throat with no weapon in sight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs she tries to help her friend, Su Lin has to figure out where her own loyalties lie. Angsana blossoms aren't the only things disappearing overnight in post-war Singapore as the newly returned British-increasingly on edge because of anti-colonial uprisings in nearby Indonesia-rush to change laws and revoke permits and positions.  But more pressingly, Su Lin has to prove her friend's innocence and stop a calculating killer from murdering again...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Praise for Ovidia Yu:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'Chen Su Lin is a true gem. Her slyly witty voice and her\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  admirable, sometimes heartbreaking, practicality make her the most\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  beguiling narrator heroine I've met in a long while' Catriona\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  McPherson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'Charming and fascinating with great authentic feel. Ovidia Yu's\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  teenage Chinese sleuth gives us an insight into a very different culture\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  and time. This book is exactly why I love historical novels' Rhys\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Bowen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'A wonderful detective novel . . . a book that introduces one of the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  most likeable heroines in modern literature and should be on everyone's\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Must Read list' Scotsman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'Unassuming, brilliantly observant' SCMP\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'Ovidia Yu's writing helped me peel back the layers to understand\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Singapore. The story and Chen Su Lin's initiative and tenacity, set against\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  a backdrop of wartime Singapore, intrigued both the historian and the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  mystery lover in me' Kara Owens CMG CVO, British High Commissioner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  to Singapore\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49385073475811,"sku":"9781408717004","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1701\/6275\/files\/9781408717004.jpg?v=1783605601","url":"https:\/\/www.harbourbookshop.co.uk\/products\/9781408717004","provider":"The Harbour Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}