Crime Scene - Singapore - The Best of Singapore Crime Fiction
Richard Lord


This first-ever anthology of Singapore crime fiction expands the standard Singapore warning that "Low crime does not mean no crime" to show that "Low crime does not mean boring crimes".

A wide range of criminal activities in Singapore, some of them highly inventive, others just plain chilling, are showcased in this anthology.

In Inspector Zhang Gets His Wish, we are thrown into the middle of a classic locked room murder mystery and are treated to a run-down of all the possible permutations of this sub-genre as the case gets solved.

In Unnatural Causes, a Singapore private detective gets a sudden reprieve from the near lethal tedium of his bread-and-butter assignments when a beautiful woman strides into his office and offers him a most unusual but dangerous commission.

In The Lost History of Shadows, a brutal multiple murder committed in 1938 (and only two-thirds solved back then) has major repercussions in present-day Singapore when the full truth of the case is painfully revealed.

In other stories, we encounter child molestation, or the cruel abuse of maids, while ultimate revenge on a hated teacher flies in Lead Balloon.