Some things have to be celebrated and shouted from the rooftops. Like when there’s a new book from the uber-talented Jake Needham. And not only a new book, but the first in a brand new series. Yup, that’s definitely reason to cheer. “Habeus Corpus” is the first in what I …
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?) …
For those of you who might, inexplicably, not already be fans of the middle-aged, perpetually grumpy Samuel Tay, late of the Singapore CID – you’re in for a treat in Mr. Needham’s latest book. Although Sam is retired – he was pretty much eased out of the force – he …
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 …
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 …
Having developed a bit of an infatuation with Inspector Samuel Tay, right from the moment I encountered him in “The Ambassador’s Wife”, I am happy to announce that he is still every bit my hero/anti-hero in the second of what one hopes will be an endless series of crime whodunnits. Just like the first …
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 …
