Título: The Angsana Tree Mystery
Autor: Ovidia Yu
Sinopse: 'One of Singapore's finest living authors' South China Morning Post 'Simply glorious. Every nook and cranny of 1930s Singapore is brought richly to life' CATRIONA MCPHERSON 'Charming' RHYS BOWEN 'One of the most likeable heroines in modern literature' SCOTSMAN ________________ The next book in the Mystery Tree series, exploring Singapore after the Japanese retreat and in the aftermath of WWII. Singapore 1949 When all the angsana trees on the island bloom at the same time it's a glorious fragrant display that lasts only one day... and the next morning Su Lin comes across an old friend laughing hysterically while holding her dead lover on the thick carpet of yellow flowers by the quarry pool that was their childhood haunt. She instantly realises her friend could not be the killer as she could not have sliced so cleanly through the man's throat with no weapon in sight. As she tries to help her friend, Su Lin has to figure out where her own loyalties lie. Angsana blossoms aren't the only things disappearing overnight in post-war Singapore as the newly returned British-increasingly on edge because of anti-colonial uprisings in nearby Indonesia-rush to change laws and revoke permits and positions. But more pressingly, Su Lin has to prove her friend's innocence and stop a calculating killer from murdering again... ________________ Praise for Ovidia Yu: 'Chen Su Lin is a true gem. Her slyly witty voice and her admirable, sometimes heartbreaking, practicality make her the most beguiling narrator heroine I've met in a long while' Catriona McPherson 'Charming 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' Rhys Bowen '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' Scotsman 'Unassuming, brilliantly observant' SCMP 'Ovidia Yu's writing helped me peel back the layers to understand Singapore. The story and Chen Su Lin's initiative and tenacity, set against a backdrop of wartime Singapore, intrigued both the historian and the mystery lover in me' Kara Owens CMG CVO, British High Commissioner to Singapore
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “The Angsana Tree Mystery”, de Ovidia Yu, publicado pela editora Constable, em 2024 e com 248 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: Constable
Páginas: 248
Ano: 2024
Edição:
Linguagem: English
ISBN: 1408717018
ISBN13: 9781408717011
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Constable trazem narrativas que transitam entre o suspense psicológico e a reconstrução histórica, muitas vezes ambientadas em cenários densos e detalhados como cidades marcadas por guerras ou mistérios antigos. A experiência de leitura costuma envolver personagens complexos, com conflitos internos e externos que desafiam a percepção do leitor, seja por meio de investigações criminais ou relatos de batalhas e eventos históricos. O catálogo sugere uma preferência por histórias que combinam tensão crescente com um ritmo que equilibra ação e reflexão, além de obras que exploram aspectos sociais e culturais sob uma ótica crítica e informativa. Há obras que privilegiam o relato cronológico e factual, enquanto outras apostam em atmosferas sombrias e enredos intricados, o que cria um contraste interessante no conjunto editorial.
