Ann Crew

A Secret in Singapore Ann Crew

Thirty-five years after the murder of Elspeth Duff's fiancé, Malcolm Buchanan, at the University of Cambridge the crime haunts Elspeth because it was never solved. At the urging of her aunt Magdelena Cassar and would-be suitor Richard Munro in Malta, Elspeth goes back to find Malcolm's killer. With the assistance of past friends and new ones, her quest takes her across the world to Cambridge, Hampshire, London, Scotland, Malta, Australia, and finally Singapore.

This tangled tale is filled with complex characters, exotic locales, and nearly forgotten historical events. Her search pits Elspeth's romantic memories of Malcolm against the truth of his past and reveals things about Malcolm and his family she later wishes she had left untouched.