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Chasing the Dragon

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Availability:In StockContributor:Mark WightmanPublish date:2023-09-12Pages:320
Language:EnglishPublisher:Hobeck Books LimitedISBN-13:9781915817181ISBN-10:1915817188UPC:9781915817181Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Historical, Mystery & DetectiveBook Topic:20th Century, Historical, Police ProceduralSize:7.81 x 5.06 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.6195Product ID:SC6NG2J03Z

Singapore, 1940


A local fisherman finds the body of a missing American archaeologist

Detective Inspector Betancourt of the Singapore Marine Police is first on the scene. Something doesn't quite add up. He finds out that the archaeologist, Richard Fulbright, was close to deciphering the previously-untranslatable script on a pre-colonial relic known as the Singapore Stone. This was no accidental drowning.


Is there more to this case than archaeological rivalries?

Betancourt also discovers that Fulbright had been having an affair. He is sure he is onto something bigger than just academic infighting.


A government opium factory draws criminal interest

In his investigations into the death, Betancourt finds his own life in danger, and now he has also put himself on the wrong side of British Military Intelligence, and he is unsure which set of opponents he fears the most...


Language:EnglishPublisher:Hobeck Books LimitedISBN-13:9781915817181ISBN-10:1915817188UPC:9781915817181Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Historical, Mystery & DetectiveBook Topic:20th Century, Historical, Police ProceduralSize:7.81 x 5.06 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.6195Product ID:SC6NG2J03Z
Publisher: Hobeck Books Limited

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Mark Wightman

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