The Girl in the Window by Jake Needham

Genre: Thriller

Setting: Singapore

First Sentence: The apartment wasn't very big and it wasn't very appealing.

This novel is the fourth in Jake Needham's Inspector Samuel Tay series.  This series currently runs to four novels.

There is a terrorist at large.  Hundreds of people have been killed by this dangerous man.

Now the intelligence agencies in Singapore and other countries have hatched a plot to assassinate him.

One fly in the ointment is Inspector Sam Tay.  Sam has the reputation of being some what a loose cannon.  The powers that be know that they need to keep Tay busy when the operation goes down.

Sam is too smart for that.

Sam soon finds himself in the middle of the action.  Shots are fired, the terrorist  gets away, and sadly, one of Inspector Tay's team is killed.

Now, Tay wants to see that justice is served.

Sam uses himself as bait to attract the terrorist.

Will the terrorist rise to the bait?

And will Inspector Tay bring justice or vengeance?

This is another great novel of intrigue by Needham set in Singapore.  Needham's Inspector Tay is just an average cop trying to do a good job.  Due to his inheritance from his deceased parents, Tay doesn't need the job.  So he does what he wants.

Sam is not a super sleuth or a chick magnet.  He is just a cop who sometimes talks with his mother, who happens to be dead.

It's a good book. Read it.

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