THE AMBASSADOR'S WIFE

Book 1: THE INSPECTOR SAMUEL TAY NOVELS

by Jake Needham

Genres: International Crime & Mystery; Police Procedurals

Synopsis

Prominent American women are being brutally murdered all over Southeast Asia. And Inspector Samuel Tay of Singapore CID keeps asking himself one question over and over: Why is it no one really wants him to find their killer?

The first body is in Singapore, on a bed in an empty suite at the Marriott Hotel. The second is in Bangkok, at a seedy apartment near the American embassy. Both American women, both viciously beaten and lewdly displayed. The FBI says it's terrorism, but the whispers on the street tell a different story. They say a serial killer is stalking American women across Asia.

Inspector Samuel Tay is a little cranky, a little lonely, a little overweight, and he smokes way too much. His bosses think he's a lousy policeman, but they also know he's the best detective the Singapore cops have ever had. It makes them nervous as hell to put this case in Tay's hands, but they know they have no choice.

Still, there's a major problem here. Before Tay can even get the investigation started, everybody wants a piece of it. The FBI demands to take over the case, the American Diplomatic Security Service insists on being in charge, Bangkok's Special Branch won't allow itself to be ignored, Singapore's Internal Security Department is going to have a major say, and even the American Ambassador sticks his nose right into the middle of everything.

That's a lot of people walking all over Tay's murder case. But it's actually a lot worse than that. None of them, Tay comes to realize, actually wants him to find the killer. Not a single one.

“Jake Needham is Michael Connelly with steamed rice.”

-- The Bangkok Post

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Release date: January 16, 2014

Publisher: Half Penny Ltd

Print pages: 382