Inspector Singh Investigates: A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder

Down these mean streets a man must waddle ... It's impossible not to warm to the portly, sweating, dishevelled, wheezing Inspector Singh from the start of this delightful debut novel. Sent from his home in Singapore to Kuala Lumpur to act in the interests of Singaporean former model Chelsea Liew, who is on death row for the murder of her ex-husband, Malaysian Alan Lee, Singh knows that he has been handed a poisoned chalice. The Malaysian authorities are convinced that Liew is guilty, and she has a strong motive - wealthy playboy Lee abused her for years and tried to take her children from her - but Singh believes her claim that she is innocent. Flint's thoughtful and compassionate exploration of racial and religious tensions between the two countries is thoroughly compelling.