{"product_id":"the-mimosa-tree-mystery-9781472132024","title":"The Mimosa Tree Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE CWA HISTORICAL DAGGER\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Simply glorious. Every nook and cranny of 1930s Singapore is brought richly to life'\u003c\/b\u003e CATRIONA MCPHERSON \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Charming' \u003c\/b\u003eRHYS BOWEN \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of the most likeable heroines in modern literature' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSCOTSMAN \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e_________\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMirza, a secretive neighbour of the Chens in Japanese Occupied Singapore, is a known collaborator and blackmailer. So when he is murdered in his garden, clutching a branch of mimosa, the suspects include local acquaintances, Japanese officials -- and his own daughters. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSu Lin's Uncle Chen is among those rounded up by the Japanese as reprisal. Hideki Tagawa, a former spy expelled by police officer Le Froy and a power in the new regime, offers Su Lin her uncle's life in exchange for using her fluency in languages and knowledge of locals to find the real killer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSu Lin soon discovers Hideki has an ulterior motive. Friends, enemies and even the victim are not what they seem. There is more at stake here than one man's life. Su Lin must find out who killed Mirza and why, before Le Froy and other former colleagues detained or working with the resistance suffer the consequences of Mirza's last secret.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e_________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ePraise for Ovidia Yu: \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of Singapore's finest living authors'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSouth China Morning Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Chen Su Lin is a true gem. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eHer slyly witty voice and her admirable, sometimes heartbreaking, practicality make her the most beguiling narrator heroine I've met in a long while\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e Catriona McPherson \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eCharming and fascinating with great authentic feel. Ovidia Yu's teenage Chinese sleuth gives us an insight into a very different culture and time. This book is exactly why I love historical novels\u003ci\u003e' \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eRhys Bowen \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A wonderful detective novel . . . a book that introduces one of the most likeable heroines in modern literature and should be on everyone's Must Read list' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eScotsman\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Unassuming, brilliantly observant' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSCMP\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOvidia Yu is one of Singapore's best-known and most acclaimed writers. She has had over thirty plays produced and is the author of a number of comic mysteries published in Singapore, India, Japan and America. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe received a Fulbright to the University of Iowa's International Writers Program and has been a writing fellow at the National University of Singapore.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Constable \u0026 Robinson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50519787045138,"sku":"9781472132024","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5f07de74-e68e-45a0-869a-e4528da14083.jpg?v=1731066294","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-mimosa-tree-mystery-9781472132024","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}