Crown Colony Series by Ovidia Yu

4.05 · 60 ratings
  • The Frangipani Tree Mystery (Crown Colony #1)
    #1

    The Frangipani Tree Mystery (Crown Colony #1)

    Ovidia Yu

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 2017

    First in a delightfully charming crime series set in 1930s Singapore, introducing amateur sleuth SuLin, a local girl stepping in as governess for the Acting Governor of Singapore. 1936 in the Crown Colony of Singapore, and the British abdication crisis and rising Japanese threat seem very far away... more

  • The Betel Nut Tree Mystery (Crown Colony #2)
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    The Betel Nut Tree Mystery (Crown Colony #2)

    Ovidia Yu

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 2018

    'Great protagonist, great setting - this is a delightful book' Morning Star The second novel in Ovidia Yu's delightfully charming crime series set in 1930s Singapore, featuring amateur sleuth Su Lin. What we came to think of as the betel nut affair began in the middle of a tropical thunderstorm in December 1936 . . . Singapore is agog with the news of King Edward VIII's abdication to marry American heiress Wallis Simpson... more

  • The Paper Bark Tree Mystery (Crown Colony #3)
    #3

    The Paper Bark Tree Mystery (Crown Colony #3)

    Ovidia Yu

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 2019

    Su Lin is doing her dream job: assistant at Singapore's brand new detective agency. Until Bald Bernie decides a 'local girl' can't be trusted with private investigations, and replaces her with a new secretary - pretty, privileged, and white. So Su Lin's not the only person finding it hard to mourn Bernie after he's found dead in the filing room. And when her best friend's dad is accused, she gets up to some sleuthing work of her own in a bid to clear his name... more

  • The Mimosa Tree Mystery (Crown Colony #4)
    #4

    The Mimosa Tree Mystery (Crown Colony #4)

    Ovidia Yu

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 2020

    Mirza, a secretive neighbour of the Chens in Japanese Occupied Singapore, is a known collaborator and blackmailer. So when he is murdered in his garden, clutching a branch of mimosa, the suspects include local acquaintances, Japanese officials -- and his own daughters.Su Lin's Uncle Chen is among those rounded up by the Japanese as reprisal... more

  • The Cannonball Tree Mystery (Crown Colony #5)
    #5

    The Cannonball Tree Mystery (Crown Colony #5)

    Ovidia Yu

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 2021

    Has Su Lin summoned a tree demon who is now killing on her behalf?The overpoweringly fragrant flowers, snakelike vines and deadly fruit of the cannonball tree are enough to keep most people away. But when a piece of expensive photographic equipment is found nearby, on closer inspection Su Lin discovers the body of Mimi, her horrible relative who has been trying to blackmail her... more

  • The Mushroom Tree Mystery (Crown Colony #6)
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    The Mushroom Tree Mystery (Crown Colony #6)

    Ovidia Yu

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 2022

    The Allies have defeated Germany in Europe, but Japan refuses to surrender the East.In Singapore, amid rumours the Japanese occupiers are preparing to wipe out the population of the island rather than surrender, a young aide is found murdered beneath the termite mushroom tree in Hideki Tagawa's garden and his plans for a massive poison gas bomb are missing... more

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