Genre: Thriller
Setting, Singapore
First Sentence: Samuel Tay pushed himself up from the chair and walked over to the French doors that led to his small garden.
This novel is the second in at the author's Samuel Tay series which currently runs to four volumes.
Detective Samuel Tay is a good cop. One reason for this is that Tay doesn't need the job. He has inherited enough money from his parents to live comfortably. He is a good cop because he wants to ensure that justice is done in the cases he works on.
Then one night, several explosions rock Singapore.
Like all good cops, Tay runs into danger. Unfortunately, he becomes a victim of the bombing. As he recuperates, Inspector Tay becomes restless. As soon as he can, he gets the doctors to release him.
As you can imagine, the explosions are the greatest crime in the history of Singapore. And Tay wants to be a part of the investigation.
Instead, he is assigned to investigate a dead body report in one of the poorest parts of Singapore. When Tay observes the body, the victim seems familiar to him. Then, a forensic specialist tells Samuel that a safe deposit box key has been discovered in an unusual place on the victim's body.
So, Tay investigates further. Along the way he meets secret agents and international criminals. And he discovers that there might be a connection between his parents' inheritance and the explosions.
In the end, I will leave it to you, Dear Reader, to determine if justice has been served with Samuel's investigation.
I liked this book. To me, the novel reads like a television miniseries. The plot moves forward with each chapter. And in the end you have read a most enjoyable story.
