London is angry, divided, and obsessed with foreigners. A murdered Asian and some racist graffiti in Chinatown threaten to trigger a race war that the white supremacists of Make England Great Again have been hoping for. They just need a tipping point.
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Neil Humphreys es un humorista británico cuyas escritos ofrecen agudas y a menudo autocríticas observaciones sobre la vida en Singapur. Sobresale al capturar los matices de la cultura de Singapur desde la perspectiva de un expatriado que ha adoptado profundamente la vida y las costumbres locales. Su obra contrasta frecuentemente los hábitos de los expatriados occidentales con su propia inmersión en las experiencias cotidianas de la nación insular. Humphreys proporciona una lente ingeniosa y relatable a través de la cual los lectores pueden explorar el singular panorama social de Singapur.
When a foreign worker is found dead in a Singapore back street, few people care. Even the police dismiss the killing as another underclass slaying. Then more victims turn up, all killed with the same weapon and Singapore must come to grips with its first serial killer in decades. The murderer must be stopped.
Detective Inspector Stanley Low is having a bad day. His bipolar disorder is ruining another session with his psychiatrist, and when a murdered prostitute and a dead expatriate are discovered at Singapore's most prestigious hotel in the glamorous Marina Sins Bay, he is plunged back into the sordid underworld he was desperate to leave behind.