“Why do you think the woman’s a foreigner?”
“Well, because…”
Kang saw the trap he was falling into and trailed off into an embarrassed silence. He looked down at his hands as if he wanted to make certain that none of his fingers were missing.
“You didn’t mean to say foreigner at all, did you, Sergeant?”
Kang had hoped Tay would let it go. Clearly he wasn’t.
“You meant to say ‘white,’ didn’t you? You meant to say white people being killed in luxury hotels isn’t good for Singapore’s image, didn’t you, Sergeant?”
Kang shifted his weight and jammed his hands deep into his pockets. He didn’t even try to answer Tay’s question. He had said far too much already.
“Don’t worry about it, Sergeant,” the OC said after a few moments passed in an uncomfortable silence. “Go on downstairs and finish the interviews.”
Kang nodded and walked quickly away. The OC pushed himself off the wall.
“Fix this, Sam,” he said. “I’m depending on you.”
“Yes, sir. I’ll do my best.”
“Do better than that. Do whatever you have to. Just fucking fix it.”
The book that introduced Inspector Samuel Tay
Buy THE AMBASSADOR’S WIFE here
Amazon US
Amazon UK
The Jake Needham Library
The Inspector Tay Novels
THE AMBASSADOR’S WIFE
Inspector Tay #1
Amazon US | Amazon UK
THE UMBRELLA MAN
Inspector Tay #2
Amazon US | Amazon UK
THE DEAD AMERICAN
Inspector Tay #3
Amazon US | Amazon UK
THE GIRL IN THE WINDOW
Inspector Tay #4
Amazon US | Amazon UK
The Jack Shepherd Novels
LAUNDRY MAN
Amazon US | Amazon UK
KILLING PLATO
Jack Shepherd #2
Amazon US | Amazon UK
A WORLD OF TROUBLE
Jack Shepherd #3
Amazon US | Amazon UK
THE KING OF MACAU
Jack Shepherd #4
Amazon US | Amazon UK
DON’T GET CAUGHT
Jack Shepherd #5
Amazon US | Amazon UK
The Other Novels
THE BIG MANGO
Amazon US | Amazon UK
Meet Jake Needham
Jake Needham is an American screen and television writer who began writing crime novels when he realized he didn’t really like movies and television very much.
Mr. Needham has lived and worked in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Thailand for over twenty years. He is a lawyer by education and has held a number of significant positions in both the public and private sectors where he took part in a lengthy list of international operations he has no intention of telling you about. He, his wife, and their two sons now divide their time between homes in Thailand and the United States.
Please visit www.JakeNeedham.com to learn more about Jake Needham’s novels and read his ‘Letters from Asia’ in which he tells his readers about some of the real people, places, and things that appear in his novels.
Table of Contents
WHAT THE PRESS SAYS ABOUT JAKE NEEDHAM
BOOKS BY JAKE NEEDHAM
TITLE PAGE
CONTENTS
ONE
TWO
THREE
FOUR
FIVE
SIX
EIGHT
NINE
TEN
ELEVEN
TWELVE
THIRTEEN
FOURTEEN
FIFTEEN
SIXTEEN
SEVENTEEN
EIGHTEEN
NINETEEN
TWENTY
TWENTY-ONE
TWENTY-TWO
TWENTY-THREE
TWENTY-FOUR
TWENTY-FIVE
TWENTY-SIX
TWENTY-SEVEN
TWENTY-EIGHT
TWENTY-NINE
THIRTY
THIRTY-ONE
THIRTY-TWO
THIRTY-THREE
THIRTY-FOUR
THIRTY-FIVE
THIRTY-SIX
THIRTY-SEVEN
THIRTY-EIGHT
FORTY
FORTY-ONE
FORTY-TWO
FORTY-THREE
FORTY-FOUR
FORTY-FIVE
FORTY-SIX
FORTY-SEVEN
FORTY-EIGHT
FORTY-NINE
FIFTY
FIFTY-ONE
FIFTY-TWO
FIFTY-THREE
A NOTE FROM JAKE NEEDHAM
BONUS PREVIEW: THE AMBASSADOR’S WIFE
THE JAKE NEEDHAM LIBRARY
MEET JAKE NEEDHAM
CONTENTS
COPYRIGHT
COVER ART
DON’T GET CAUGHT, © 2017 by Jake Raymond Needham
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law. For permission requests, contact the author at the following email address: JakeNeedham@JakeNeedham.com.
Excerpt from THE AMBASSADOR’S WIFE, © 2006, 2011, 2016 by Jake Raymond Needham
Cover © 2017 Jake Raymond Needham
Ebook edition ISBN 978-616-7611-29-7
Trade paper edition ISBN 978-616-7611-30-3