Blogs in May 2022

The Nineteen 21st May 2022

In January 2000, nearly a dozen of Osama bin Laden’s most trusted lieutenants gathered secretly in Malaysia at, of all places, a luxurious condominium overlooking a Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course. The purpose of this summit meeting of terrorists was...

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Don’t Get Caught 23rd November 2020

Jack Shepherd is the kind of lawyer people call a troubleshooter. At least that’s what they call him when they’re being polite. Shepherd is the guy people go to when they have a problem too ugly to tell anyone...

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And Brother It’s Starting to Rain 23rd November 2020

Inspector Samuel Tay has retired from Singapore CID so he’s no longer actually a police inspector. It wasn’t entirely his idea, but that’s another story. John August is a guy who has saved Tay’s butt more than once over...

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MONGKOK STATION 23rd November 2020

Hong Kong is teetering on the edge of anarchy. Violent street battles are raging between riot police and mobs demanding democracy. Samuel Tay is a legendary Singapore homicide detective. He’s retired, but it was purely involuntary. It seems his...

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The Dead American 30th January 2017

They steer a tight ship in squeaky-clean Singapore. No dissent, no opposition, no criticism. It’s like an entire country run by Walt Disney. Disneyland with the death penalty, somebody once called it. A young American software engineer hangs himself...

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