By Ovidia Yu
The Mushroom Tree Mystery
The Allies have defeated Germany in Europe, but Japan refuses to surrender the East. In Singapore, amid rumours the Japanese occupiers are preparing to wipe out the population of the island rather than surrender, a young aide is found murdered beneath the termite mushroom tree in Hideki Tagawa’s garden and his plans for a massive poison gas bomb are missing. To prevent any more destruction it falls to Su Lin to track down the real killer with the help of Hideki Tagawa’s old nemesis, the charismatic shinto priest Yoshio Yoshimo.
Singaporean Acclaimed Author
Ovidia Yu
Ovidia 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. She received a Fulbright to the University of Iowa’s International Writers Program and has been a writing fellow at the National University of Singapore and was awarded the S.E.A. Write Award for Singapore.
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Books By Ovidia Yu
The Mushroom Tree Mystery
The Mushroom Tree Mystery is set in Singapore in a time when the Allies have defeated Germany in Europe, but Japan refuses to surrender the East.
The Cannonball Tree Mystery
In Syonan (Japanese Occupied Singapore) Su Lin goes to work for the Japanese overlords to keep her family safe… in a house with a cursed cannonball tree.
The Mimosa Tree Mystery
In Japanese Occupied Singapore, Su Lin’s neighbour, a known collaborator is found murdered in his garden, clutching a sprig of mimosa.
The Paper Bark Tree Mystery
The third novel in Ovidia Yu’s delightfully charming crime series set in 1930s Singapore, featuring amateur sleuth Su Lin.
The Betel Nut Tree Mystery
The second novel in Ovidia Yu’s delightfully charming crime series set in 1930s Singapore, featuring amateur sleuth Su Lin.
The Frangipani Tree Mystery
The Frangipani Tree Mystery is set in 1936 in the Crown Colony of Singapore where the British abdication crisis and rising Japanese threat seem far away.
Meddling and
Murder
Rosie ‘Aunty’ Lee, amateur sleuth and proprietor of Singapore’s best-loved home-cooking restaurant, finds herself in the middle of a missing person’s case while trying to help a friend.
Aunty Lee’s Chilled Revenge
Rosie ‘Aunty’ Lee — feisty widow, amateur sleuth and proprietor of Singapore’s best-loved home cooking restaurant — is back in another delectable, witty mystery set in Singapore.
Aunty Lee’s Deadly Specials
Rosie ‘Aunty’ Lee, the feisty widow, amateur sleuth, and proprietor of Singapore’s best-loved home cooking restaurant, is back in another delectable, witty mystery involving scandal and murder among the city’s elite.
Aunty Lee’s
Delights
This delectable and witty mystery introduces Rosie “Aunty” Lee, feisty widow, amateur sleuth, and proprietor of Singapore’s best-loved home-cooking restaurant.