Gripping and Vengeful Thrillers Prix des prix littéraires Nominee (2016) This is ’90s Singapore where

This is ’90s Singapore where the campaigns and the directives of the unremittingly competent leadership come face to face with the undeniably human fads

are following up on a brutal

Did the dead painter fall victim to professional rivalry

She wants nothing more to do with her country after its slide into casual violence and brutal authoritarianism

Lord Ballister Blackheart is a villain with a vendetta

Gripping and Vengeful Thrillers Prix des prix littéraires Nominee (2016) This is ’90s Singapore whereDescription: These thrillers are bound to keep you at the edges of your seat. The Reluctant Fundamentalist, with its first person narration, is like a gun of a book so personal it becomes dangerous. At a caf table in Lahore, a bearded Pakistani man converses with an uneasy American stranger. As dusk deepens to night, he begins the tale that has brought them to this fateful encounter. This remains our curator's favourite book of the Thriller genre. A