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The Tembusu Tree Mystery
But the grand opening isn’t going as planned . . . the cinema has an unhappy history as a site for Japanese propaganda during the Occupation, and there are protesters who would rather see it demolished, than refurbished. The cinema’s financier John Wong is acting very strangely, local businesswoman Madam Leong is issuing outrageous demands, and Tony Khoo, the young, fun and handsome son of the VIP guests, has gone missing.
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 UK, USA, India, Japan and of course Singapore. She received a Fulbright to the University of Iowa’s International Writers Program and was awarded the S.E.A. Write Award for Singapore and was recently inducted into the Singapore Women’s Hall of Fame.
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Books By Ovidia Yu
The Tembusu Tree Mystery
It’s 1947 in Singapore, and Su Lin is rolling out the red carpet for a new chapter in her life.…
The Rose Apple Tree Mystery
‘Til death do us part… Singapore, 1947. Newlyweds Su Lin and Le Froy are in the Cameron Highlands…
The Angsana Tree Mystery
When all the angsana trees on the island bloom at the same time it’s a glorious fragrant display that lasts only one day…
The Yellow Rambutan Tree Mystery
The War may be over but Su Lin’s troubles are returning – along with the British – to Singapore.
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.