{"title":"Ovidia Yu","description":"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 a number of comic mysteries published in Singapore, India, Japan and America. She received a Fulbright to the University of Iowa's International Writers Program and has been a writing fellow at the National University of Singapore and was awarded the S.E.A. Write Award for Singapore.","products":[{"product_id":"aunty-lees-chilled-revenge-paperback","title":"Aunty Lee's Chilled Revenge - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRosie \"Aunty\" Lee--feisty widow, amateur sleuth and proprietor of Singapore's best-loved home cooking restaurant--is back in another delectable, witty mystery set in Singapore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSlightly hobbled by a twisted ankle, crime-solving restaurateur Aunty Lee begrudgingly agrees to take a rest from running her famous caf , Aunty Lee's Delights, and turns over operations to her friend and new business partner Cherril.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe caf  serves as a meeting place for an animal rescue society that Cherril once supported. They were forced to dissolve three years earlier after a British expat killed the puppy she'd adopted, sparking a firestorm of scandal. The expat, Allison Fitzgerald, left Singapore in disgrace, but has returned with an ax to grind (and a lawsuit). At the caf  one afternoon, Cherril receives word that Allison has been found dead in her hotel--and foul play is suspected. When a veterinarian, who was also involved in the scandal, is found dead, suspicion soon falls on the animal activists. 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It is also, simply, really fun to read!' \u003c\/b\u003e- Ong Sor Fern \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e----------\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Til death do us part...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSingapore, 1947. Newlyweds Su Lin and Le Froy are in the Cameron Highlands, an idyllic pocket of countryside on the tropical Malay Peninsula. But this is no honeymoon ... Le Froy is on a protection assignment for powerful businessman Max Moreno and his wife Elfrieda, whose associates have been brutally murdered. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut the hideaway cannot protect the Morenos from vicious threats and ghostly sightings, and when Elfrieda vanishes with a stash of precious emeralds, Su Lin and Le Froy fear the worst. The only clue to Elfrieda's disappearance is rotting fruit from a rose apple tree, piled outside her lodge. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen monsoon floods make escape from the Highlands impossible, Su Lin is determined to find Elfrieda with time to spare to get to know her new husband. But when Max's body is discovered surrounded by rose apples, passion turns to policing: Su Lin and Le Froy must work together try to prevent further deaths, including their own. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e---------- \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Ovidia Yu: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of Singapore's finest living authors'\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003ci\u003eSouth China Morning Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of the most likeable heroines in modern literature' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e- The Scotsman\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Chen Su Lin is a true gem. Her slyly witty voice and her admirable, sometimes heartbreaking, practicality make her the most beguiling narrator heroine I've met in a long while\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Catriona McPherson \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharming and fascinating with great authentic feel. Ovidia Yu's teenage Chinese sleuth gives us an insight into a very different culture and time. This book is exactly why I love historical novels\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e' \u003c\/b\u003e- \u003c\/i\u003eRhys Bowen \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Unassuming, brilliantly observant' \u003c\/b\u003e-\u003ci\u003eSCMP\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Ovidia Yu's writing helped me peel back the layers to understand Singapore. The story and Chen Su Lin's initiative and tenacity, set against a backdrop of wartime Singapore, intrigued both the historian and the mystery lover in me' \u003c\/b\u003e- Kara Owens CMG CVO, British High Commissioner to Singapore","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50102870081759,"sku":"9781408717028","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/1OchLJnc5B9781408717028.webp?v=1781087511"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/ovidia-yu.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}