Singapore Blood
(2026)(The sixth book in the Ash Carter Near East Crime-Thriller series)
A novel by Murray Bailey
When Corporal Mills is found dead in a blood-soaked trishaw outside the Cathay Cinema, tensions flare between the British Military Police and the local CID.
At first glance, the case seems like a robbery gone wrong—perhaps a crime of opportunity by Chinese gangs. But Carter senses something deeper. The trishaw rider claims Mills was already bleeding when picked up and asked to be taken not to a hospital, but a dance hall. Why? And why was his military Land Rover abandoned at the docks?
As Carter digs, he uncovers a web of gambling debts, missing funds, and a nervous commanding officer quick to blame the local underworld.
In this novella, set between Singapore 52 and Singapore Girl, Carter must balance the political sensitivities of the time with corruption, ulterior motives and the need to get to the truth, no matter what.
Genre: Mystery
At first glance, the case seems like a robbery gone wrong—perhaps a crime of opportunity by Chinese gangs. But Carter senses something deeper. The trishaw rider claims Mills was already bleeding when picked up and asked to be taken not to a hospital, but a dance hall. Why? And why was his military Land Rover abandoned at the docks?
As Carter digs, he uncovers a web of gambling debts, missing funds, and a nervous commanding officer quick to blame the local underworld.
In this novella, set between Singapore 52 and Singapore Girl, Carter must balance the political sensitivities of the time with corruption, ulterior motives and the need to get to the truth, no matter what.
Genre: Mystery