BOOK BOX

Right time to write crime

In this edition of Book Box, we look at the latest wave of crime novels from Singapore and the region

Briton Neil Humphreys, who is based in Singapore, will be bringing together his two worlds in his British fiction debut Bloody Foreigners, in which Singaporean detective inspector Stanley Low pursues a racist killer in London. ST PHOTO: YONG LI XUAN
(Left) Felicia Yap’s Future Perfect melds high technology with low morals. (Right) Jesse Q. Sutanto’s latest novels include The Obsession, a young-adult thriller about a half-Singaporean teenager and her stalker. PHOTOS: TIM STEELE, MICHAEL HART
(Left) Shamini Flint is making her foray into geopolitical thrillers with The Beijing Conspiracy, inspired by political tensions between the United States and China. (Right) Darren Chen’s The Good Guys is a murder mystery set in a rehabilitation centre for superheroes. PHOTOS: SASHA FLINT, EPIGRAM BOOKS
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The idea for the murder came to Felicia Yap on the catwalk.

At the time, the Malaysia-born author was a fashion model in Cambridge, Britain. Seconds before she was due on the runway, someone handed her a suspiciously heavy handbag.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on March 21, 2021, with the headline Right time to write crime. Subscribe