Books by Shamini Flint
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review 1: The first book in the Inspector Singh series adds an intriguing surprise to the world of literary detectives. The portly detective who loves his food is a messy eater although his white sneakers are always spotless. His turban typifies him as a member of the Sikh culture but he i...
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review 1: My first introduction to the Inspector Singh series and it is out of order but none the less I am hooked. In the vein of Ms Marple, Hercule Poirot, but modernized and set in a part of the world I've only recently been able to explore Australasia. At first I wondered if tackling ...
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review 1: The third installment of the Inspector Singh Investigates series has the curmudgeonly Inspector Singh investigating a high profile murder of an ex-patriate attorney at an international law firm in Singapore. He is under great pressure from his boss to solve the case quickly but i...
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review 1: Tubby, turbaned Inspector Singh stars in this gritty fourth mystery from Shamini Flint's inventive series. Singh is based in Singapore but is sent to Cambodia as an observer for the war crime tribunal of former Pol Pot henchmen. Several murders, including some of a serial nature,...
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review 1: I loved this story. It took me a while to get this review written, so I will attempt to do justice to this book. This was my first Inspector Singh novel, and I definitely enjoyed reading the story, and his return toIndia to investigate the murder. I am now ready to catch up on...
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review 1: Very mixed feelings on this one. On the one hand, loved seeing Singh in China - as a Shanghai resident of 5 years, I totally agree with Flint's descriptions of the Chinese reactions to our portly, turbaned hero! And OF COURSE he would love Sichuan food! But it felt like Flint had...
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review 1: RATING: 3.75Inspector Singh is sent on a mission to Bali by his superiors in Singapore. There has been a horrible bombing. Even though he has no experience with domestic terrorism, he is assigned to the case. What he finds is an expat who has been murdered and left in the carn...
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review 1: This is the third book in the Inspector Singh series, but it's my first. I sought out this mystery because of its setting--Singapore--and I did enjoy what part the locale did lend to the the story: largely class, climate & culture. I don't know whether we learn much more about t...