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Wednesday, May 2, 2018

SPOTLIGHT: Crown Colony Mystery Series by Ovidia Yu @ovidiavanda

Crown Colony Mystery Series
by Ovidia Yu

Hey all!! I'm excited to be spotlighting the first two books in the Crown Colony Mystery Series from Ovidia Yu!  Go below and look at these gorgeous covers, read the synopsis and learn about the author, who is an absolute sweetheart!

The second book in the series comes out this June so you have plenty of time to read Book 1! 😉


Publisher:  Constable
Publish Date:  June 1, 2017
Kindle Edition
320 Pages
Genres:  Mystery, Historical Fiction, Asian
Series:  Crown Colony #1

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First in a delightfully charming crime series set in 1930s Singapore, introducing amateur sleuth SuLin, a local girl stepping in as governess for the Acting Governor of Singapore.
1936 in the Crown Colony of Singapore, and the British abdication crisis and rising Japanese threat seem very far away. When the Irish nanny looking after Acting Governor Palin's daughter dies suddenly - and in mysterious circumstances - mission school-educated local girl SuLin - an aspiring journalist trying to escape an arranged marriage - is invited to take her place.
But then another murder at the residence occurs and it seems very likely that a killer is stalking the corridors of Government House. It now takes all SuLin's traditional skills and intelligence to help British-born Chief Inspector Thomas LeFroy solve the murders - and escape with her own life.

Publisher:  Constable
Publish Date:  June 7, 2018
Kindle Edition
352 Pages
Genres:  Mystery, Historical Fiction, Asian
Series:  Crown Colony #2

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The second novel in Ovidia Yu's delightfully charming crime series set in 1930s Singapore, featuring amateur sleuth Su Lin.
Singapore, 1936, and the Crown Colony is agog with the news of King Edward VIII's abdication to marry American heiress Wallis Simson. Chen Su Lin, now Chief Inspector Le Froy's secretarial assistant in Singapore's newly formed detective unit, still dreams of becoming a journalist and hopes to cover the story when the Hon Victor Glossop announces he is marrying an American widow of his own, Mrs Nicole Covington, in the Colony. But things go horribly wrong when Victor Glossop is found dead, his body soaked in betel juice.
The beautiful Nicole claims she was the intended target. And when investigations into her past reveal a dead lover as well as a husband, Su Lin still can't persuade the men defending Nicole to see her as a black widow murdereress. Even Le Froy seems to be cast under her spell. So Su Lin agrees to chaperon Nicole at the Farquhar Hotel, intending to watch and discreetly question her. But as she uncovers secrets and further deaths result, Su Lin realises she may not be able to save Nicole's life - or even her own.
Ovidia Yu is one of Singapore's best-known and most acclaimed writers. She has had over thirty plays produced and is the author of the Aunty Lee Mysteries.
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