The ninth book in the fabulous Sam Tay series was published less than 2 weeks ago, on July 17 2025, and is yet another cracking good read. Bangkok’s intelligence circles have received whispered intel that an assassin may be targeting a high-profile upcoming ASEAN meeting in the city. A gunman …
I deliberately “saved up” this latest Inspector Tay novel for my just-concluded high altitude trekking trip, thinking it would help me while away any bad-weather afternoons, if we were confined to camp. But – thankfully – the weather was fine, so instead I devoured this book tucked into my sleeping …
A new Sam Tay novel is always an occasion to be celebrated, but regrettably I still haven’t learned the art of slowly reading and savouring these smashing books, racing through them excitedly instead. (Note to Mr. Needham – er, can you please, pretty please get cracking on Sam’s next adventure?) …
Watch out, Inspector Singh. Your redoubtable wife, Mrs. Singh, might just be muscling in on your territory, and in the process proving to be quite the scene-stealer. I have read all the Inspector Singh books, loved them all, and reviewed most of them here in this blog. Indeed in a …
The author of the hugely fun & hugely successful “Crazy Rich Asians” has a new book out, and it makes for a happy, escapist read in these dire Covid-19 times. Though the central characters are of Asian descent or are Asian, the action takes place in Capri in 2013 and, …
I am a card carrying Jake Needham fan, and of all his wonderful cast of characters, I think Samuel Tay is possibly my favourite. I love Mr.Tay’s outspoken, curmudgeonly take on his home country Singapore, but it was precisely this very fact that slightly marred my enjoyment of the latest …
Although I tell myself I really don’t care what other people think, secretly I was a little worried at quite how much I enjoyed “Crazy Rich Asians”. So obviously I googled reviews of the book, & was relieved beyond measure when I read this comment in a 2013 review of …
The good news: Inspector Samuel Tay of the Singapore CID is back, and is turning into a regular old curmudgeon. The bad news: since this third instalment in what I pray is going to be an endless series of novels, was only published a few weeks ago, there may be a bit …
I might just have a bit of a crush on Inspector Samuel Tay, of the Singapore CID. Not because he’s tall, dark and handsome, or any of that clichéd nonsense. On the contrary, Inspector Tay is a slightly overweight, late-middle-aged smoker, and – if the truth be known – probably Singapore’s …
