Ovidia Yu

The Frangipani Tree Mystery is set in 1936 in the Crown Colony of Singapore where the British abdication crisis and rising Japanese threat seem far away. When the nanny looking after the Acting Governor's daughter dies suddenly, Mission-School-educated local girl SuLin, an aspiring journalist trying to escape an arranged marriage, takes her place. But then another murder at the residence...

'A wonderful series . . . Ovidia Yu skilfully creates the Singapore of pre- and post-World War II, and Su Lin is the best part - a smart, logical heroine who perseveres despite obstacles and solves mysteries' - reader review The tenth instalment of Ovidia Yu's beloved series of Singapore-set historical mysteries featuring tenacious amateur sleuth Su Lin. It's 1947...