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- Location(s): Kuala Lumpur
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1930s and contemporary
In 1930s Malaya a sixteen-year-old girl, dreaming of marriage to her sweetheart, is sold as a concubine to a rich old man desperate for an heir. Trapped, and bullied by his spiteful wife, Yu Lan plans to escape with...
- Location(s): Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Malaya)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1950s to modern
Malaya 1951, Christopher Milnar falls passionately in love with Chinese nurse Evangeline in a jungle resettlement camp – an affair that ends in tragedy when, under attack from Communist guerrillas, Christopher is betrayed, beaten and left for dead. Half...
- Location(s): Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Malaya)
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): WW2
Malaya, 1941. As the glamorous wife of a plantation owner, Connie Hadley appears to lead a pampered and comfortable life. But she is hiding devastating secrets that could destroy her marriage. Life is changed for ever on the day...
A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder
- Location(s): Kuala Lumpur
- Genre(s): Crime
- Era(s): Modern
First in the series – Detective Singh is sent to Kuala Lumpur to ensure that a Singaporean citizen accused of murdering her very wealthy Malaysian Chinese husband, gets fairly retreated by the Malaysian justice system.
- Location(s): Kuala Lumpur
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): late 1930s and 1960s
Set in the late 1930s and 1960s, this is the tale of Mei Yin, a young Chinese girl from an impoverished family. Her destiny is shaped when she is sent to Kuala Lumpar to become the ward and companion...
- Location(s): Kuala Lumpur
- Genre(s): Young Adult
- Era(s): 1969
A music loving teen with OCD does everything she can to find her way back to her mother during the historic race riots in 1969 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in this heart-pounding literary debut. Melati Ahmad looks like your typical...
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