Bibliograph

Singapore yellow, William L. Gibson

Type

Label

Singapore yellow, William L. Gibson

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Singapore yellow

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

William L. Gibson

Series statement

Detective Hawksworth trilogy, II

Summary

Singapore/Malaya, 1892: Chief Detective Inspector David Hawksworth, orphaned, middle-aged and gimlet-eyed, travels to Malacca to meet a mysterious woman who claims his mother is alive, only to find a British Resident has been brutally, murdered and a Singapore police expedition has vanished in the jungle. Children are being, snatched from villages, sinister commercial syndicates are fighting over virgin resources, and a seductive vampiric pontianak is on the loose. When native kids start turning up butchered in Singapore, Hawksworth finds himself increasingly isolated as the evidence points to the involvement of the colonial elite. Bringing justice to the powerful perpetrators while saving his own skin and uncovering the secrets of his dark past pushes the detective past the brink in this thrilling sequel to Singapore Black

Target audience

adult

Classification