Singapore black
By: William L. Gibson
Edition: First edition.
Series: Singapore Hawksworth trilogy -- I
Publisher: Monsoon Books Private, Limited
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9789814423403
Subjects: History; Criminal investigation; Detective and mystery stories; Fiction
Description: Singapore/Malaya, 1892: When a dead American is found floating in Rochor Canal, Chief Detective Inspector David Hawksworth begins an investigation that quickly leads into a labyrinth of deceit and violence in the polyglot steamcooker of turnofthecentury Singapore. As Chinese gangs verge on open turf war and powerful commercial enterprises vie for control of the economy, a stolen statue that houses an ancient Hindu goddess becomes the object of a pursuit with a mounting body count, and its seems that everyone is suffering from maniacal erotic nightmares.
Notes: Novel.

In English.