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THE AMBASSADOR'S WIFE (THE INSPECTOR SAMUEL TAY NOVELS Book 1) (English Edition) Formato Kindle

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Inspector Samuel Tay is the best homicide detective Singapore CID ever had, but Tay's bosses don't like him and he doesn't like them. The maverick streak he inherited from his American father makes people uneasy in well-ordered little Singapore where go-along-to-get-along is practically the national religion.

The wife of the American ambassador has been murdered and her body posed in a hotel room in a grotesque sexual display.

The FBI says terrorists are responsible, but the whispers on the street tell a different story. The whispers say that a serial killer is stalking prominent American women in Asia, and that the ambassador's wife won't be the only victim.

Tay's bosses don't like the idea of putting such a high-profile case in his hands, but botching the investigation would mean an international black eye for Singapore and Tay is the best they've got.

The Americans don't want Tay involved either. They want him to leave the case to them, but he's not going to do that. It's a Singapore murder, and finding killers in Singapore is what he does. Besides, the Americans don't appear to him to be all that interested in solving anything.

Don't they want me to find the woman's killer? Tay wonders.

Or am I the only one here who doesn't already know who it is?


"IF THERE IS A LIVING WRITER WHOSE WORK MAKES ME THINK OF THE GREAT RAYMOND CHANDLER, IT'S JAKE NEEDHAM"– James David Audlin
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"In his raw power to bring the street-level flavor of contemporary Asian cities to life, Needham is Michael Connelly with steamed rice." --The Bangkok Post

"Asia's most stylish and atmospheric writer of crime fiction." --The Straits Times (Singapore)

"Jake Needham...has a knack for bringing intricate plots to life. His stories blur the line between fact and fiction and have a 'ripped from the headlines' feel. The level of detail astounds, giving the story an authenticity that could only come from someone who has intimate familiarity with such things. Buckle up and enjoy the ride." --CNNgo.com

"Although it might seem unlikely that government agencies would engage in such brazen corruption in real life, the truth is they already have... Mr. Needham seems to know rather more than one ought about these things." --The Wall Street Journal Asia

"Obtaining books from regional publishers has its difficulties, but in the case of THE AMBASSADOR'S WIFE, it will be well worth the effort. This is an absorbing, believable portrayal of a veteran homicide cop in Singapore." --The Japan Times

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Following graduation from Rice University with a Bachelor of Arts degree, Jake Needham joined NBC News as a reporter and producer. In 1989, he acquired control of Skylark Films, a producer of television and motion pictures based in Los Angeles and has been producing films and writing screenplays for film and television ever since. Motion pictures either written or produced by him have been distributed by Columbia-TriStar, HBO, Lifetime, the USA Network, Turner Pictures, and Showtime. Jake is also the author of four international crime novels, all of which became English-language best sellers throughout Asia: THE BIG MANGO, THE AMBASSADOR'S WIFE, KILLING PLATO and LAUNDRY MAN. Needham lives in Bangkok with his wife, a concert pianist and a popular columnist for The Bangkok Post.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B006E8ZYPI
  • Editore ‏ : ‎ Half Penny Ltd (Hong Kong) (16 gennaio 2014)
  • Lingua ‏ : ‎ Inglese
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  • Lunghezza stampa ‏ : ‎ 380 pagine
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🐭 Miki101
5,0 su 5 stelle Majulah Singapura - Onward Sam Tay and Jake Needham!!!
Recensito in Italia il 9 luglio 2012
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Those of You who have the fortune to travel around in Asia, especially in South-East-Asia, will often hear the not so very nice surname "Singa-Bore" given to this in reality very exciting city that is our beloved Singapore.
Not for nothing the name means "City of the Lion"!
And that descrives it 100%ly - raving, full of pulsations and entertainments that maybe only a special kind of people is able to grasp...
And now here is a writer who has captured all the Best of this enormous, full-of-life, melting wok city that is Singapore!!

Ladies and Gentlemen, I have the honour to present to You: Jake Needham!

He is the "Father" of his Singaporean hero Samuel Tay, a man I really would like to encounter in my real live!
He is a gentleman of the old school, a detective who honours his badge, respected by everyone - the Chief of Police, his sub-ordinates, and even by his ex-Lover (a fact, that is very, but very very important for the reputation of a man!!)

So, our hero Sam Tay finds himself in the Marriot Hotel in a room with a woman bestially beaten to death and "presented" in a more than obscene pose that I would never b able to descrive...
Buy the book, if You want to know more...

More, yes - more... Because the same thing happens to a woman in Pattaya, a very notourious locality near Bangkok.
Same cause of death, but much more important to the Americans, who yet wanted to cover up the Singapore killing as a Terroristic act.
The Pattaya woman was politically obviously much more important than the first, murdered in Singapore. So the CIA, FBI and what other abbreviations You want, are all sniffing around.
A culprit - a Thai-muslim terrorist, fitting the profile perfectly, is soon found and - logically justiciated when he wanted to get away. But there is a very sad "collateral victim", too.

But Sam Tay has yet made the acquaintance of one John August.
And he will see, that sometimes the law protects the culprit.
And sometimes there is the need of someone who is very, but very very good in bending the law to make justice.

This is the first book Jake Needham has written about Sam Tay.
Please, write an other, Jake!!

In the meantime - for the lovers of Oriental Crime:
These are the other books Jake has written about his other, Bangkok based ex-pat
hero Jack Shepherd:
The Big Mango
Laundry Man, (Attention! Came out early as Tea Money, too!!)
Killing Plato

and the new one, for now only in e-bookA WORLD OF TROUBLE (A Jack Shepherd crime thriller).
But also there is a printed version too coming out in about 2 months.
I - for what it may count - like the way Jake writes.
I suppose that buying all his books and continue reading them, says enough...:))

And maybe my 5 Star Rating, too...
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Helena Markus
5,0 su 5 stelle Excellent!
Recensito in Italia il 27 agosto 2020
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I loved the way Jake Needham introduced me to Singapore having heard a lot about it but never having been there..Somehow I feel I have walked through the streets of Singapore now and have drunk endless cups of coffee in hundreds of the Singapore bars ...
The description of his main character inspector Tay is truly masterful, but his secondary characters appear totally alive as well.
I wish Needham continued with the series featuring Inspector Tay.
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BSV
5,0 su 5 stelle Wonderful
Recensito nel Regno Unito il 17 marzo 2024
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I’m some way through binging on Jake Needham's books and thought it was time I left a review. I’m alternating between the Samuel Tay series and the Jack Shepherd series, and I will leave the same review for the first book in the other series - I can’t imagine anyone reading one of Jake's books and not wanting to read the rest. It’s all been said already by other more eloquent and professional reviewers (I particularly like the quote from the WSJ), but for me it’s all about the combination of a good story well told, truly wonderful descriptions that put me in the middle of exotic (to me at least) locations, the cultures, the seeding of little ideas like: wouldn’t it be nice to do what some of these people have done, and go and live somewhere amazing for a while? Something I will probably never do, but the little fantasy it generates is another pleasant part of the reading experience. These books do a wonderful job of giving me what I look for in reading – an escape to a believable, exciting and interesting place in the capable hands of a knowledgeable guide, just for a little while. Wry, serious, funny, well-written, clever and hugely entertaining.
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5,0 su 5 stelle It will envelop you!
Recensito in Canada il 17 maggio 2020
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The character development, pace and quality of writing, as well as the realistic creative plot, enveloped me. I enjoyed every page, every description, every twist and turn. Excellent!
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K.Visweswaran.
3,0 su 5 stelle OK ,a very slow moving ,Fiction ,with an Equally slow Detective.
Recensito in India il 23 giugno 2017
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Some what enjoyed reading ,with some difficulty.
Bad mouthing both USA and Singapore as well as Thailand may look attractive to the readers ,But what They want is a Pragmatic ,action oriented Fiction .
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Michael van Vuuren
5,0 su 5 stelle It is worth reading, I would recommend it to anyone who likes international mystery/intrigue/thrillers
Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 12 gennaio 2017
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This is my first Jake Needham book, I confess, I had started another but got distracted and never quite got back to it until now.
After reading several duds and mediocre books, "The Ambassador's Wife" is a refreshing return to good writing.
First things first. There will be spoilers in the second paragraph. That, being said, let's get to it.
What I really like about this book was that it was well-paced. I did not feel that it slowed down too much, nor did it jump around. Rather, once I got into the pace of the story, everything moved along comfortably. I like when mystery books are smooth in pacing. I get so tired of writers who use jarring plot reveals instead of crafting a finely written story. I also like the characterizations of each character. I never felt like any of them were stereotypical or flat, I really enjoyed Tay's Point of view, and I even liked the FBI Guy who proves to be a lot more complex than I originally thought. The book takes some interesting twists and turns and the reveal is pleasing with a satisfactory ending that presents a different view of justice.
Spoilers from here on.
My favorite character was Cally Parks. I really enjoyed getting to know her. I can appreciate her overall role in the book but I hated what happened to her, for me it was the weakest point in the book. I realize that I had a vision of her having a recurring role in future books and that it is probably my own failure rather than Jake's. Still, it just grated me that she dies in such a predictable scenario. Part of this is I just saw her as being too smart a character to fall into the trap that she did. I get that it was necessary but at the same time I found it pointless to the story. More of a "one too many nails in the coffin" scenario than a useful plot twist/point. I still feel that Tay would have done what he did in the end regardless of her death.

Is the book worth reading?
Absolutely.
Will I read it again?
Eventually.
I probably get mad at what happened to Cally all over again.
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GeeBee
5,0 su 5 stelle Brilliant read!
Recensito in Australia il 14 agosto 2017
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What a great first book in the Inspector Samuel Tay series! I love the way Jake Needham weaves the story and the characters together.
Sam Tay is not perfect, and neither should he be. None of us are. So I identified with Sam and his stubbornness and his idiosyncrasies and his unique and often cynical outlook on life. He's a frustrating character. Sam can be difficult to work with and has very few friends - all by his choice. At times I felt for the slightly overweight, middle aged, and lonely man but he made me laugh out loud when I least expected it too. And he is a brilliant detective with his own take on justice.
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